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2'llR ARMY.

The 31st Regiment iv now doing duty in Cork, and the
10th Royal Vettran Hamilton at Butterant.
The 13ib Regiment b.. arrived (rum Scuiland, and is now
rpoieterld iu Lienilandreey.
'llo. following eh:tomes base lately taken phrc :—Ttir 7th
TLyil I'i:eaters mud 4 Ist Regiment to otioid, viol the 13th
and ^9th Regiment, to England, from Island .„ and the 13th
and .S3d Regiments, suit Ist Rifle drig.de, from Semishd,
and the 65111 from England, Wee succeeded the above &li-
nseeds 10 if Clllll,li. . .

Part of the 441 b Regirpeat Lave ruched from Noma to
Tarim •
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40th Reigiatent arrived in Dublin os 'blonds, last,
five: Liverpool.
A cups) of tie rtllsol Buffs marched into Newry no
5,5..e.1ay last Gs= Belfast. stol en Moods) morning re-
seeded es s rook tor Mailings's..

The Turf Club of IrrinuJ have rot.at fully Dud
Labour4hly acquitted Lord Itosssiooo of the
43„rices whiled spinet b Lordship by his late
smamig.grown ,DA9/31r. respecting the ages of a
4:Jamul. colt. by Sir Wolter, out of Jrosrphirte, and
',bruin filly, by the sage home. out Of (Maxus
*lnch DasusT.elleged tvere.fisiled in the year Mit
mad not io stated by his Lordship.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Wm/suntan,
SAMIDAT, N CCCCC IR S.

THE ZINO v. THE EARL OF WESTMEATH.

The LORD Call? JUSTICE sot at Nisi Trios
for a short space of time. and disposed of several
undefended causes. Afterwards the Court sat in
Balite. when
Mr.SCARLRIT moved for • rule to chew cause
why a criminal information should not be filed
against the Earl of Westmeath, for sending a mes-
sage to Mr. Wood, with intent to provoke a breach
of the peace. From the affidavits of Mr. Wood
and Mr. Stewart it appeared, that about two years
a0..,0 the former Gentleman Mai applied to by the
Earl of %Vesture:lth to become trustee for the
Countess of Westruratli, ender the deed of separa-
tion their about to be executed by the Earl and
his Countess. Mr. Wood became trustee; and
smile time afterwards his Lordship instituted
proceedings in the Court of Chancery, for the
purpose of setting aside that deed, in which
the trustees were merely nominal Defendants,
and their answers of course entirely formal.—
Hut a report of what was said in the Court
of Chancery by Mr. Wetherell, who was Coun-
ad fur Mr. Wood, when the matter came be-
fore the Lord Chancellor, being published In
TIM GLOBE newspaper, was excepted to by
kis Lordship, who immediately scot a message to
Mr. Wood. itewiting him publicly to contradict it.
IYhat Mr. %Yeti:ere!' had sowed was grounded on
Lady Westinentli's answer, and of course Mr. Wood
refused compliance with his Lordship's request.
His Lordship then sent another message. in which
he brooded Mr. Wood with the opprobions epi-
thets of liar and scoundrel, conditionally depend..
isx on that gentlemen refusing to gratify his Lord-
ship's desire. The Ltaraed Counsel, in addition.
states,. that Mr. Wood was • gentleman advanced in
life, benne upwards of 60 years of age. and that the
Earl of Westmeath had publicly boosted of having
Petit 11,111 such a inessrge.
The Loan CHIRP JIISTICR--" Take a rule."

[There was no imputation on the correctness of
the repast of the Learned Counsel's speech, as it
appeared in Tin GLUng.)

VII KING U. J. HUNT.

The Sot.tcrron-G in ERA i inured the judgment
of the Court tor 'hi,. Defendant.

Various affidavits were read; and Mr. SCARLET?
heard in arrest of judgment. It was a question
which arose in a claim made by the Corpora:lOn of
London to ceetiin duties, called " Package! and
Scavage Deltic.," on shrub' goods impelled and
exported, founded on the charter of the City, and
coufirined by the Act of 24th Geo. 111.
The Coiner were unwilling to pa-s a criminal
judgment grounded on a civil disputed right, arid
therefore suggested that i-sues should be framed to
try the right, sod in the mean lime this 1111. P to
Stalld over. The Court directed that the venue in
the 'unposed issues to be tried should be laid in
Middlesex, on account of the conflicting interests
of the Corporation and the ineichants in the city of
London. The priueipal question is, what are shells'
goods ? Are the goods of British merchants shipped
un account and tisk of foreigners of that descrip-
tion' If so, at what period t,f time does that de-
scriotion attach ? Throe will be the points to be set-
tled by the verdict of a Jury.

MANDAMCS.

Ex-parte JENKINS versus THE NEST MIDDLESEX

WATER WORKS COMPANY.

Mr. BROUGHAM stated, that the Company had
cut off the supply of water to his client's premises,
because he had refused to contract to pay to them
in firuie the )early rate of 451. instead of 161. 15'.,
the highest tale hitherto paid by him, and which
had bestir settled by the Company's own officer•
only three or four years ago, to be• fair rate fur the
supply he required; the tut:tease demanded bring
nearly 270 per cent. The Water Companies hav-
ing combined together, and parcelled out the town
into districts, to be respeetively supplied by one
Company only, the Complainant would hive no
alternative but to submit to the Company's ezorbise
tent demand, unless this Cou►t could compel it to
supply the inhabitants of ,the district so allotted to
It, at fair and reasonable rates. The facts of the
ease, and the proe:edings of the Companies to-
wards establishing the monopoly of the supply of
water, and enhancing the usual rates, were fully
stated in the affidavits, on which the Learned
Counsel moved for a rule to shew cause why a
llionthanus should not issue, directing the Com-
pany to restore the supply of water to the Com-
plainant', premises. It erns a most important quo:,
toot to all the tultsbitants of London, who would
be it the mercy of these Companies, if they had
the poster to refuse a supply of water, except oil
such terms as, they choose to charge. Their pro-
ceedings in establishing a monopoly, were directly
opposed to the spirit sod Vrovibloms of the Acts of
Parliament, by which they were iocorourated, and
which did not autliorse them to stop the supply for
hon-payinent of the increased mfrs.
The CHIEF Jus•rict: inquired, whether the Acts

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prescribed re). iitreitic rates, ?
Mr. BROUGHAM answered, that ti e Acts coo-
tinted no bile!! provisioiiii; but there were enact-
ments, pretiihog the combination aiwh
had taken place (!)ot mart:in:illy so, ma the event
had proved), anti for teiaraining the Companit
from demanding mote than reasonable rate* fur the
graters
Thc Counr—', Mr. Brougham, take a rule
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