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LAW INTELLIGTACE.

(OVRT OF KING'S BENCH, WieTsiongs,

SATURDAY, MAY rt.

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Before the Loso Cam J verses wait Spatial Je►ky.
THE KING V. RRIMPSON AND aro:Piaci.
This was an indictment •gainrt the Defendants
for a public MHINHIVVv in carrying on a manuiartory
at L'inehouse, fur the distillation of cool tar f
coke, and the recideum of coals, slier malting eel
The ii.o.ireation was conducted by Mr. Gum-
NET awl Mr. ANDREWS, and the defence by
NIARILYATT, Mr. DiNMAN, and Mr. D. Pia.-
LOCK.
The prosecution was carried on in the name of ■
person named Nailer, a neigh' $ very
considerable body of evidence was offered to shyw
that the Defendants' manufactory was an itstolet-
able oniastice, fatal to human life, de)tructive of
vegetation. mill calculated to depopulate tne suf.
rounding neighbourhood. The Procreator lost ■
child from the pernicious effluvia emitt.d from the
Defendants.' premiser; and the health of himself
and family we. SO tuuch impaired, as to IWI
him and them t• remove from the swighliouthood.
Oil the other hind upward. of twet:ty witnesses
were called oil the part of the Defendant', so *hew,
not only th►.t their manufactory was no kkkk
'hot that die effluvia complained of war highly
soilobrroos and lie•irficial to human health. Several
chemists were amongst these wit. one of whom
was Mt. keemn. the author of " Death is the
Pot." The trial of the case lasted until nine
o'clock ou Friday evening.
The case we'd to the Ju►y under the Learned
Judge's directions. and they foaud the Defendauts
guilty.

CHAUNTING EXTRAORDINARY.
H. W. TANCR6D, sm. V. WILTIMMALL.
This was an Action of debt, by s gentleman of
the bar, to recover Irons the Defendant, r horse-
dealer of sow. notoriety, tiw suits of 451. rece►ved
of the Plaintiff wider the following singular cir-
cotsatat►ces

In the month of February Mr. Towered, a gentle-
-11111 II of considerable intellectual acuteness, being
in want of a horse, in reading The '1 leen news-
paper hail his attention attracted by the following
captivating advertisement :

" To be sold, • beautiful little thorough-bred Cob Hark,
from the country, equal to eighteen mane wa the worst of
roads ; he ea• walk six miles in one hour wit► pleasure to
his rider, sod it is impossible to make him shy or stu•tbk;
betide his knees well i• his trot; his canter is supesim to
any horse; ►as ■ ►igh forebemil, and light in hand, with
great courage, very heady to mount and dismousitt, has
carried • lady, sod Otero been oat of the breeder's ha•ds ;
be is without blemish or fault; very particular raceme.
stances are the cause of his being parted with; the °wart is
desirous of getting hint into good bawls; none need apply
but who will issue. the greatest rare being taker of him ;
the saddle, 4Ge. may be ha I, and the owner treated wilts ;
also a very grand tilbary horse, six years 0111, sixteen bands
high. To be seen at the stables, 42, Bow-street, leading
jute Lonpacre."

Struck with the fascineting description, and
ausious to become possessed of so choice a crea-
ture, the Plaintiff immediately answered the solver.
tirement in person. He found that the Defersdaut
was the advertiser, and he desired to see the cob.
He was introduced into a dirk stable, and saw the
miliaria. se well as he could, throligh the pervading
gloom. Upon asking the price, the Defendant told
him it was 45 guineas. Mr. Tancred desired to
have a trial before he thought of purchasing. This
the Defeudeut consented to allow, provided he
deposited the sum of 4.5/. in his hands. The
Plaintiff not having the money in his pocket,
went back to his chambers, provided himself
with the needful, and returned to the stable., ac-
companied by Mr. Pollen, another gentleman of
the bar. The money was immediately deposited
iu the Defendant'. hands, and Mr. Tattered re-
quired that he might have the use of the horse for
an hour to try how he liked him. The Defendant
pretended that be had not then a saddle in the
stables, but promised to procure one at a neigh-
bouring saddles's. mid send the horse hythe gloom to
Mr. T.'s chambers, in Lincoln's iu
half an hour. The Plaintiff, preparatory to the
arrival of the horse, had invited Mr. Berens, another
Barrister, a Gentleman supposed to be a good
judge of horse-flesh, sad Mr. Le Blanc. the Mas-
ter of the Pleas side of the King's Bench, to be
present. and pass their judgment upon his paces
and other accomplishoteuts. In half an hour the
groom brought the how, but without ally saddle.
Mr. 'fancied remonstrated at this omission ; the
ostler pretended that the saddle was not yet finished.
The Plaintiff being thus disappointed of trying
the florae himself, desired the ostler to mouut him
in all events, and ride about the square. in order to
chew his 'ewes. The ostler did so; but lie was found
lamentably wanting in those extraordinary merits
so luxuriantly pictured in the advertisement.—
Mr. 'Tattered, however, being unwilling to give
him up altogether, was anxious to see whether
Ile might not latently possess the qualification§
ascribed, and desired the ostler to return with the
horse again at four o'clock with a saddle, that be
might try him himself. This the ostler agreed to
do, but asked, iu the meats time, for Mr. Tancred's
stables, that the animal might be delivered to his
groom; or, if lie would give him the reference, to
any livery stables he would chouse.-it was all oue to
him—and deliver the horse into proper care. Mr.
Tattered replied, that it was time enough to talk of
delivering the horse as soon as he tried it, and agreed
to make a purchase. Upon► which the ostler said,
he had .his master's orders 'iiot to bring the horse
back—that Mr. Tattered had purchased it, and he
must leave it with the purchaser, and leave him he
would. Mr. Tancred arid other gentlemen imme-
diately remonstrated against this ratraordinary pro-
ceeding: but it was in ostler was inexorable
in obeying his instructions, and he actually turned
the horse loose in the square. The Plaintiff repu-
diated any acquaintance with the horses and the
creature being ellowed to tale a topographical survey
of Lincoln's Inn, was, in the result, taken away by
the ostler.
Richard Pollen. Esq.. stated, that on the
ing mornisig the Plawt►ff and himself went to the
Defendant's stables to demand the deposit money,
the horse not being ateproeed of. After some dia.
cult}, they were favoured with an interview. Mr.
Tattered demanded his 4s!. The Defendant asked
for what ? and insisted that the horse was purchased.
and that be had a demand agaiirst prim fur tie has