The National Register.
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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

LAW INTELLIGENCE,
COURT OF CHANCERY, APRIL 47.
7..0RM Vi V. lIODENOC

A motion was made to le:trail' the defendant from taking
out execution against the plaintiff for 50001. It was stated,
that the late Mr. Norman, of Upper Hash y.street. had given
the deft tol ant a bond for .-.0001. reverting, as a consideration of
the atteet:on and regard fur him, a, his relish; and relative.
•flie existence of snob a limad was not mentioned during Mr.
Norman's life-time; but on his death it teas claimed of the pre-
sent plaintiff, who, entertaiiiiiig doubts of its authenticity, re.
fused to pay it. The defendant brought an action against him
in the Court of King's Rena It, which was tried before Lord El.
lenborough, and the pinata, in he action., was non-suited.
He then brought an action in the Common Pleas, in which he
obtained a verdict. Measures were taking to set aside that
verdict; but the plaintiff at law, who is only a poor working
etrachusaker, threatened in the menu time to take out an execu-
tion. It was apprehended that if the money was paid to him.
there would be danger of its never hying recovered again, in
caseit should altimately appear lie was not entitled to it. It
wax therefore prayed that he might be restrained from taking
out his execution till the further order of the Court upon the
subject.
'flue LORD CHA NCELT.OR immediately assented to the motion,
and granted the injunction.

COURT OF KINGS BENCH.-SATURDAY, MAT 4.

NEW TRIALS.

RAMABOTT)III AND CO. C. CATER AND CO.

This was an action tried before Lord Ellenborough at Guild-
hall, during the last sitting, when a verdict was found fur the
plaintiff, iipon eertain bills of exchange for .C. 5615.
Mr. Topping applied for a rule to show eause why this verdict
should not be cut (lowa ; the sum of £756, the amount of one of
the bills, on the growid that the hill in question was the to operty
of the assignees of Messrs. Harvey, bankers, of Billericay and
Hoolifordl the SEame having come into the possession of the plain-
tiff: after J. W. Harvey, one of the partners, had committed an
act of bankruptcy.
The Attorney General however contended, that the limeys,
never having given a valuable consideration for the bill in
question, had no interest to convey to their assignees, and
therefore that the bill was a burta fide security in the hands of
the plaintiffs ; a verdict was accordingly taken fur the plaintiff,
aah leave to move. _

The Court declared its opinion, that the present plaintiffs
hail no occasion whatever to mingle theratiel% cs with the bank-
ruptcy of the Harveys. The Harvey's as appeared from the
e% idenee, had no interest vrhateve, to convey to theii assignees,
having never given anv valuable consideration for the Bill. The
rule eras thercfoe rcfaisid.

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ARCHES-COURT, APRIL 29.

BIACKMORE ANI)

This was a criminal proceeding, promoted by the Church-
wardens of Hastings, in Susses, by tt'aatill of au iceestuous
marriage. It appeared, that W. Brider, after the death of
his wife, married Mary Walton, her daughter by a former
husband; there was no appearance given on the part of
the defendant; and Sir' John Nichol! was 1.1. (pinion that the
charge was clearly established, and pronounced the marr.age
to he null and void: condemned the deft udant in the cos a of
the suit, and ordered him to the usual penance in such eases.
Some observations were then made as to the terms of the
penance; and reference was in consequence hail to the cases
of Cleaver r. Hide, and Cleaver r. Ride, otherwise Wooldridge,
which were similar, proceedings, in 1790; from which it ap-
peared, that the penance performed in 11103 C cases Si as to this
effect:—The offending parties stood i❑ white sheets at the
porch of the church during the ringing of the last bell for di-
vine service on a Sunday; and until after the Ist lesson, asking
forgiveness of all persons entering the church; they were then
led into the church, and placed in a conspicuous situation near
the minister, where they remained until tat gospelsd the Jay
Was read; when they repeated a submissive acknowledgment
for having been guilty of the crime imputed to them, implored
the forgiveaess of God, it romising not to oflend again, and en-
treated the congregation to join with them in saying the Lord's
prayer, which was accordingly done.
Sir John Nicholl expressed himself satisfied of this penance
having been adopted after due reference to precedents ; and
he, therefore, felt himself bound in the same manner to enjoin
it in the present case.
A similar proceeding was then heard against the wife of the
last defendant; in which the evidence being precisely to the
same effect, Sir John Nichol) pronounced the same sentence in
all respects. •
SURREY SESSIONS, REIGATE.

T. Daley, Esq. was indicted for assaulting 3. Reif, ore the
22d of July, near Funtham. The prate enter deposed. that lie
hail lived servant to the defendant. In the month of May pre-
ceding', he had told the defendant that ire would not remain in
ilk service. At this he expressed much surprise, and reused
to accept the warning. The witness, however, persevi ring,
the defendant swore lie would kill him. It itliess, notwith-
standing, did soon after quit his eery icc ; wed upon his return-
ing home through part et the land of the defendant, in
t hormiglethre) on the-night of th e- day stated in Cre indictment,
and after passing his house about a 'mart .er of a mile, lie wa...
tied by Mr. I)., who havira advanced some charge imaiiist
hiin, respecting duck* in his pond, presented a pistol to his
face, the muzzle of which lie pressed against his cheek for
sonic time. Witness called out for "mercy and help," nod
solemnly protested his nutoccrice. A female, who had pre-
.vi tttt sly been with him, now approached, and the defendant
withdrew his pistol. Before he departed, however, witness
told him he should " hear snore of it" the next day.
Mr. Nolan cross-examilted the prosecutor, but nothing ma-
terial fur the defendant was I !nitro'.
Ann Cranst who, was vs iih the limner witness at the
time, confirmed his testimony.
;lir. Nolan then conymileit, that it was in preservation of his
property, that the defendant hail acted in 'he manner ilesei i:.ed.
A man being perceived at so linrensynabie en hour upon his
groand, would naturally excite :tuipieion; and the act was one,
more for the purpose of intimidating, than of coininitting the
least possible Chairman having slimmed up the
evil'. nee, the defendant r. as immediately timnil anilty.
Th.. Chairman, after animadverting in, sevele terms on the
conduct op the (144411111 a, sentem cd hint to pry a line of 4Ws.
sod to dive two securities th 1001, each to keep the peace%

POLICE.

BO -8 MAI%

Saturday week, W. /hues, a boy who had been employed
to assist in the Westminster hospital, was charted with having
stolen a watch, gold chain, seals, broorlies, rungs, and a variety
of articles, value 231. the property of Samuel I ollmore, of I ull-
more's-buildings, Westminster. The prosecutor had bet n in
:he hospital; and in consequence of the attention shown to him
by the prisoner, his is ire had often invited hint to d'nner. On
the 2oth of February( knowing that the prost cutor's wife wa at
the riospdat with her husband) he, the prisoner, went to her
house, which was left in the care of two smait children, at d
having given them sispt nee, sent them out to purchase cakes ;
in the mean time he stripped the apartments of the articles bacons
mention •I. He was fully conniii tted for trial. The same pri-
soner was charged with having defrauded Elizabeth .11i,som
out of fourteen shillings, by coming to her under pretence of
borrowing the sum for Sarah Martin. Mrs. Missom proved the
loan under that represi ntation : Mrs. Martin provi 11 that she
gave the prisoner 110 authority to borrow it. Hr was also com-
mitted on this charge. The prisoner had also obtained several
surgical instruments, under pretence of their being for Mr.
surgeon nn, of Great George-street. The prosecutes in this
ease did not attend; but Mr. Lynn did, and staled that be had
not given any such commission to the prisoner.

M A REBOROUGH STREET.
On Saturday, Mr. Edu.und Cox, one of the Inspectors of the
Bank of England, came before the Sitting Magistrate, and
stated 'that a barged 11. note having been traced to a hatter in
the Strand, he bad waited upon him with the note for the
purpose of ascertaining the person he had received it from.
He snatched the r•.ete from out of his hand, and put it into his
pocket, saying he had given value for It, and Tonseguently con •
sidered the note to be his property ; Mr. Cox thereto' e applied
tnr a warrant against him wider a certain Act of Parliament,
which was immediately granted, and Plank, the officer, went
directly and took the defendant into custody., and brought him
Imfore the Magistrate, who ordered him to deliver up the note
to the inspector, or he mast be 'alder the necessity of committing
him. The defendant not having brought the note with Lim, and it
beihg late in the evening, it was agreed that the officer should
accompany him to his house ; and upon his delivering ❑p the
note, and undertaking to appear the next day, lie should then
be discharged. On the- following day the parties again ap-
peared; and the note was given by direction of the magistrate
to Mr. Cos, who stated, that, under all the circumstances, he
felt himself bound, on the part of the Bank, to call upon the
defendant for some secnrity fur his appearance at the ensuing
Sessions, to answer such complaint as the Bank may think tit
to prekr against him ; but as he did not wish to put the defen-
dant to the inconvenience of troubling his friends, he should
be satisfied with his entering into his own recognizance, on
his being called upon by the Magistrate to do so. The de-
fendant peremptorily refused to enter into any, doubting
the Magistrate's authority to order it, and threatened to
bring an action. lie was then ordered to be committed; but
after being kicked up about half an hour, and with the advice
(Whig solicitor, he thought better of it, and consented to snte;
into his own recognizance. He was then dischar:ed.

A MoNsTi.u.—On Sunday evening at nine o'clock, as 11is
Caroline Crane, a young lady residing in Greek-strcet, Soho,
was returning house from a walk, she received a stall, with soma
sharp instrument Irian a 111411, who passed her without speakim4
to her. The instrument entered above the knec,and laid open
her thigh as far as the hip, and the assassin immediately naafi'.
Sitre m Bell, of Dean-street, being sent tor, dressed the
wound ; and it was his opinion, that it wool() have been mortal,
but that the length of the bones of her stays prevented the iss-
strunient from entering the abdomen. We are happy to learn
that she is out of danger. From the slight view s'.•tv had of 111
villain, she thinks hint to be a slim youth of about YO years ut:
age.
A Coroner's Inquest was held at the London Hospital,
on the body of G. Ellis, hair-dresser, in Ratcliffe, who, a sew
days back, slipped oft the curb-stone, by which his ribs were
broken and pressed on Isis lunsi whicii caused his sleuth.—
Verdict, Accidental Death,

In London there died last year 421 persons of apoplexy; 6flo of:
asthma, 232 in child-bed; 410 of consumption; 3314 in convulsions;
792 of dropsy; 953 of intlammation; tt of measles; 306 okunottinca-
tion; 725 of mall Vox, but nut one of vaccination.

In the Russian Altminae it is stated that there died, last year, in the
Rumian empire 7fio at the advanced age of 10(1 years: 231 at 105;
IN; at 110; 35 at L 5; 20 at 120; five at 125: four. at 150; and one
al 160.

A German Paper gives the following as the value of the exports
from Riga in 1813 :—To England 11045,332 roubles; Holland
4,137.379; France 155,804; Spain 1.547.428; •Portugal 1,030,445;
Prussia 892.713; Embden 325.1001; Swalen 1,351.721; Norway
259,041; Denmark 1,651,582; Han:burgh 171,5197; Bremen 95,758;
Lubec 699,303; Rostock 13,550; NVianar 32,757: Leghorn 10,559.
In the city of Amsterdam, during the year 1815, the number of
regi,t,red births was 7050. viz. 3462 males, and 3558 faualcs;
deaths 704;1 of marriages 1963, and of dhoroes 14.