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OXFORD AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY

BILL.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

TUESDAY, APRIL 4.

Report further considered (Prints having been delivered on Fri-
day 31st March) : —Motion made, and Question proposed—" That
the Amendments b• now read a second time :"—Amendment pro-
posed, to leave out from the words " That the" to the end of the
Question, in order to add the words " Report be taken into consi-
deration upon this day six months" instead thereof:—Question
proposed,—" That the words proposed to be left out stand part of
the Question :"—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn :—Question
again proposed,—That the Amendments he now read a second
time :' "—Amendment proposed, to leave out from the words " That
the" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " Bill be
recommitted" instead thereof:—Question put, " That the words
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :"—The House
divided :

MAJORITY-AYES, 58.
Fergusson, R. C. Roebuck, J. A.
Greene, T. Russ. 11, Charles
Hawes, R. Russell, Lout John
Hawkins, J. H. Scarlett, It. C.
Humphery, J. Scrope, G. P.
Hutt, W. Sheppard, T.
Johnstone, Sir John Smith, B
Leader, John Temple Tancred, H. W.
Leferre, C. 3. Thompson. Colonel
Lowther, Viscount Thomson, C. P.
Lushington, C. Trevor, lion. A.
Marjorihanks, S. Villiers, Charles I'.
Manic, Hon. Fox Vyvvan, Sir R.
Molcsworth, Sir W. Walker, It.
Norreys, Lord Wall, C. B.
Palmer, General Ward, H. G.
l'arker, J. Williams, W.
Poulter, J. S.
Itobinsoo. G. R.
Roche, W.

Barclay, David
Barnard, E. G.
Becket, Sir .1.
Bellew, R. M.
Benett, John
Beatinck, Lord W.
Bradshaw, J.
Brady, 1). C.
Brotherton, J.
Bruce, Lord E.
Castlereagh, Viscoun,
Chalmers, P.
Chapman, M. L.
Colborne, Ridley
Cripos, J.
D'Albiac, Sir C.
thvett, E.
Tilley, Sir .1.

rlpliin•tone, Howard
Ewart W.
Fazakerley, J. N.

TELLERS.
Hughes, H.
Harcourt, G. G.

Arehdall, Mervyn
Balfour, T.
Barron, H. W.
Belfa,t, Lord
Biddul h, It.
Blackstone, NV. S.
Brownrigg, J S.
Buller. Sir .T. B. Y.
Chandos, Marquis et
Clive, R. H.
Ccdrington, Sir E.
Cole, Viscount
Coots, Sir C.
Iluttiel I, T. D.
Eaton, Richard J.
Fcilden, W.
Finch, G.
Forster, C.

cORITY—NOES,
Freslitield, J. W.
Gaskell, J. M.
(;illon, W. l)
Goring, H. 1).
Goulburn, Serjcant
Hillsborough, Earl of
Inglis, Sir It. H.
Jones, Wilson
Knight, H. G.
I.ambton, H.
Leotiox, Lord G.
Lewis, W.
Lowther, J. H.
Lynch, A H.
Methuen, P.
O'Connor Don
O'C'errall, Moro
Paget, F.

Palmer, George
Patten, Wilson
Pattison, J.
Pecheil, Captain
Pelham, John C.
Praed, W. M.
Richards, R.
Scott, Sir E.
Sinclair, Sir G.
Stanley, lord
Stuart, W. V.
Tracy, H.
Water, John
Young, John

TF.LI.URS
Palmer, It.
Soincraet, Lord G.

LANDED PROPERTY.

Motion made, and Question put,—" That. leave be given to bring
in a Bill, providing that (in cases of intestacy and in the absence of
any settlement to the contrary) landed property shall, like personal
property, be equally divided among the children or next of kin of
the deceased, and pass through the executor or administrator as
personal property now passes : (Mr. Ewart :) The House
divided;

lionby, H. A.
Brady, 1). C.
Bridgman, Hewitt
11,therton, J.
Collins, W.
Elphinstone,
Dillon, \V. D.
Grote, G.

Archdall, General
Ball ur, 'I hoinas
liaiclay, David
Baring, F T.

B-...rnard, E. G.
Barren, '-1. W.
liatcson, Sir It.
l3ernal, It.
Placl-,tonc. W. S.
Bonham, P. H.
Boller' Sir J. Y.
Dick, Q.

I)undas, T.
Eat, n, l:. J.

,JORITY—NOES,
Houldsworth, T.
Jones, Wilson
Lennard, T. B
Lowther, Viscount
Lowther, J. 11
Lygon, Hon. Gen.
Martin, J.
Manic, Fox
Morpeth, Viscount
O'Ferrall, More
Ossulston, Lord
Palmer, George
Peel, Sir It.
hire, T. S.
RiAards, It ichard
Rubinson, G. It.
Ross, C.
Russell, Lord John
Sandon, Lord

Thorneley, Thomas
Villiers, Charlea P.
Whalley, Sir S.
Williams, W.

TELLRES.
Ewart, W.
Roebuck, J. A.

Scott, E. D.
Sheppard, Thomas
Sibthorp, Colonel
Somerset. Lord G.
Stanley, E. J.
Stanley, E.
Stanley, Lord
Tracy, C. H.
Trevor, fine. A.
Twi‘s, Horace
Vivian, J. It.
Vivim, J. E.
Williamson, Sir H.
Wrightson, W. B.
Young, O.
Young, John

Feetnr,Jah:i Minet
Finch, Gcurne
Forster, C. S.

Gordon, It.
Graham, Sir James

TELLERS.
ampbell, Sir J.
Rolfe, Sir R. M.

SPIRIT OF TIIE PUBLIC J OURNALS

The gravity with which the Times lectures Mr,
O'Connell on the subject of the majority of the
Princess Victoria is quite amusing. The Times attri-
butes to the Hon. and Learned Member for Kilkenny
its own mistake. In its stupid article on the paragraph
taken by the Globe from the Tyne Mercury, it sup-
posed that the Princess Victoria was major at 18 ; and
though it had not the candour to admit its ignorance,
when we showed that the heiress-presumptive was ex-
actly in the condition of any other subject, and would
remain a minor till 21, except in the event of the
King's death, when her minority would cease on her
attaining 18, it now presumes to set Mr. O'Connell
right, though he said nothing which could warrant the
inference that he shared the mistake of the Times.
The Hon. and Learned Gentleman stated, and stated
truly, that the Princess Victoria, on attaining the age
of 18, would be major on her succeeding to the Crown ;
but he did not, like the Times, say, that without reference
to any contingency, she would be major on attaining the
age of eighteen. The Times has always been famous
for its quackery ; but the cool assurance with which,
after its own recent display of ignorance, it presumes
to lay down the law to Mr. O'Connell, is too gross an
insult even to its most besotted readers. " It may be
well," observes the Times, " to hint to this Learned
Courtier (Mr. O'Connell) that he is running a little
too fast with his overtures of protection to the future
occupant of the Imperial Throne. The Princess
Victoria cannot yet be made a tool for factious pur-
poses. It is true that to certain ends, and in a spe-
cific but partial sense, the Constitution of England
contemplates an heir-presumptive after the completion
of his or her eighteenth year, in a different light
from that in which he or she could be considered at any
earlier age. Before eighteen the presumptive heir to
the Crown is to all intents and purposes an infant.
After the demise of the predecessor, the successor
under eighteen years of age can execute no act of
sovereign power but through a Regent. The suc-
cessor of eighteen years and upwards enjoys at once
all the prerogatives of a Sovereign, reigning of his
or her own inherent right, and in proper person. But
during the interval between eighteen and twenty-one
the heir-presumptive is still an infant, save in so far
as to be capable of reigning in the event of a demise
of the Crown." This is all very true, and the only
wonder is that the Times should have been ignorant
of it till 1101 V. This lecture to Mr. O'Connell, who
evidently did not require it, is but a beggarly way of
acknowledging the obligation to us for saving it from a
its ig
norance.---MorningGltronicic.
further exposure of
The account of the annual and quarterly Revenue
in another column presents no very cheering nor very
gloomy picture, but, upon the whole, the gloom pre-
dominates. On the whole year, ending yesterday,

there is an increase of 2,288,9291., the increase being
chiefly in the branches of Customs and Excise ; but
on the quarter there is a decrease of 60,4091., the
diminution being chiefly in the Customs, Excise, and
Stamps. From the slackness of trade in the last
quarter, the diminution in the Customs was of course
anticipated ; but we were not prepared for a falling off
of 28,8691. in the Excise. One Ministerial organ
ascribes this deficiency to a bad barley harvest, and
consequently a bad malt return ; another to a pressure
on the money-market, tending to diminished employ-
ment, and consequently diminished consumption. If
the last be the cause, it is one more calculated to pro-
duce apprehension than the former. The failure of a
harvest may be compensated by increased and profit-
able production of another kind ; but the pressure, as
it is called, on the money-market has been growing
with such steady and yet accelerated force, and the
moving causes are still in such undisturbed action, that
we confess we are not long-sighted enough to see a
prospect of any approaching reaction in that quarter.—
Times.

Our readers will find elsewhere a statement of the
Revenue for the year and quarter ended yesterday ; but
although it exhibits a small deficiency on the quarter,
we really cannot help congratulating the public upon
the smallness of the amount, considering the very large
reduction of taxation which has taken place since the
• close of the last Session of Parliament, and the corn-
mercial panic, to a great extent unfounded, which has
occurred, the wonder is not that the Revenue upon the !
quarter should be 60,0001. less than the corresponding
quarter, but that the deficiency should be so small. j
In the Customs there is a comparative diminution of
13,333/., in the Excise of nearly 29,0001., and in the
Stamps of upwards of 79,000/., and in the Taxes of
nearly 8,000/. ; but, on the other hand, there is an
increase in the Post-office department of 1,0001., and in
the miscellaneous of 9,591/. Of the imprest and other
moneys, including the payment of advances for public
works, amounting to nearly 60,000/., we take no note,
because we do not deem them to be matters of ordi-
nary revenue ; but the result upon the quarter is, that
deducting the increase from the decrease, there is a
balance against the quarter just ended, as compared , I
with the corresponding quarter, of 60,409/. With
regard to the year nothing can be more satisfactory,
the statement exhibiting an increase of no less than
2;288,929/. We should not he so particular in calling
the attention of our readers to these items, were it not
for the commercial difficulties which have recently been
experienced, and the absence of confidence which has
been manifested in the City by men of large capital and
extensive connection, who ought to have known better
than to lend themselves to the ungrounded fears which
prevailed in that quarter. If the revenue-table, which
we have the satisfaction of submitting to our readers,
proves any one thing more distinctly and strongly than
another, it does prove that however certain speculative
firms may have brought themselves into temporary dif- ,
ficulties and hazard, the financial condition of the
country is sound at the core, and that the evils com-
plained of are simply partial, not general or national.
It might have been very confidently believed, and we
were ourselves rather given to the expectation, that the
revenue for the quarter might have suffered to the ex-
tent of nearly a million ; but when we find, on the con-
trary,
that the deficiency is a simple matter of some
60,000/., of the possession or loss of which no Eng-
fish merchant would either boast or complain, we are
strongly re-assured, not only that the worst is past,
but that the country is in a sound and healthy condi-1
tion, and that it is not the want of funds, nor the want
of substantial property, but the want of mutual confi-
dence, which causes the present embarrassment. Such
at least is our opinion—the future will show whether
it be well or ill-founded.—Morning Advertiser.
We believe we may confidently state that the Irish
Municipal Bill will be read in the House of Commons 1
upon Monday next, and be suffered to pass without I
opposition ; we may, moreover, add, that it is almost
as certain that it will be allowed, with hardly a show of
resistance, to experience a similar fate in the House of
Lords. There are two causes, which will at once ex-
plain why a change so pleasing, yet so unexpected,
should have taken place in the conduct, if not in the
sentiments, of those who have heretofore so bitterly
contended against the measure. The first is, the firm-
ness displayed by his Majesty, who at all critical
Junctures during his very eventful reign, has exhibited
a decision not often manifested by Royal heads. His
Majesty clearly perceiving that the country is strongly
in favour of giving to his Irish subjects the benefits—
we might say blessing when we speak of Ireland—of
reformed corporate institutions, and have repeatedly
expressed this desire both by petitions and through
their representatives in Parliament, has declared as he
did upon the question of the Reform Bill, " that he
will not sanction or assist any project having for its
object a factious opposition to the wishes of the great
majority of his people." This is right, and as it
should be, and it is by such firmness that the Monarch
will most surely acquire the affection of the nation.
Secondly, Peel and his party, who are dying for office,
and who see no prospect of obtaining it until that ob-
stacle be removed, are eager that the Bill should be
permitted to pass, and we have it upon the best au-
thority—an authority that never deceived us—that a
missive has gone forth from Apsley House, command-
ing the moderate Tory Peers to absent themselves front
the House of Lords during the progress of the Bill, or
at all events to offer it no opposition. It is stated to
us that Lord Lyndhurst is wrath at this determination,
and even menaced at first to strenuously oppose what
in a confidential epistle to a Peer, whose violence is as
notorious as his deficiency of understanding, he de-
signated " the treachery of Peel," but we have learned
that he has since become more cool, and that, owing
to a remonstrance which he received from a military
Duke, he does not now mean to make another "alien'
speech, or, indeed, adopt such a course as may again
tend to inflame the country. We are, for our part,
rather sorry at Lord Lyndhurst's resolution, for we did
anticipate that he would have measured swords with
Lord Brougham ; but we suppose we must put up with
the disappointment.—Mormng Advertiser.
The usual official tables of the revenue for the quar-
ter ended last night have been received, and will be
found in another place. Upon a comparison of the
receipts of that quarter with those of the corresponding
period of last year, these accounts present a deficiency
amounting to 60,409/, though, comparing the two
financial years together, there is an advantage in favour
of the present of 2,28819.49/, The differtenee ate ob-

,ervable under the four first and chief heads of public
wealth, viz. the Customs, which have fallen off (upon
the quarter) by 13,333/. ; the Excise by 28,869/. ;
the Stamp Duties to the amount of 79,422/., and the
Assessed Taxes to 7,845/. The Post-office revenue
has proved more productive than during the same
period last year, by 66,000/. upon the year, and 1,000/.
upon the quarter. The " Miscellaneous" taxes and
duties alone present a deficiency upon the year amount-
ing to 15,200/., but they have improved upon the
quarter by 9,591/. Under the head of " Re-payments"
more money has been received during the last quarter
and yEar, than in the preceding corresponding periods
by 206,196/. upon the year, and 58,469/. upon the
quarter. The falling off for the quarter, though con-
siderable, is not so great as appears to have been ex-
pected. The amount of exchequer bills required for
the service of the current quarter is calculated at
4,853,383/.—Morning Herald.

The condition of the revenue, as exhibited in the
official statement made up to yesterday, inclusive, does
not afford much ground for remark. There is a trifling
decrease in the receipt of the quarter, when compared
with the corresponding period of last year, under the
several heads of Customs, Excise, Stamps, and Taxes,
amounting in the aggregate to 129,4691. ; while the
Post Office presents an increase of 1,0001. We re-
ject from our comparison the Miscellaneous head, and
that of Imprest and other Moneys, &c., because, al-
though they comprehend payments actually received
by Government, the payments are of such a nature,
and are derived from such sources, as do not come
within the ordinary or proper meaning of the term
revenue. Under these two departments there is an
increase of 69,0601., which reduces the apparent de-
ficiency of the quarter to 60,4091., although, as we
have already said, the real deficiency is 129,469/.
The account of the revenue for the past year, when
compared with that of the year which ended on the
sth of April, 1836, shows an increase upon the whole
of 2,288,929/. It is gratifying to find such proof as
the statement now before us unquestionably affords
that the commercial pressure and embarrassment, to
which so much public attention has been directed,
have not affected to any considerable extent the de-
mand for labour, or deprived the industrious masses
of the people of those means of consumption and en-
joyme:lt which afford to labour its wholesome stimulus
and its just reward.—Morning Post.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Norovicz, APRIL 4.

DENNINGTON V. DEARSLEY, CLERK.-BREACH OF PRO-

MISE OF MARRIAGE.

This was an action brought by a young lady residing in
h;s county, named Esther Dennington, to recover damages
from the defendant for an alleged breach of promise of mar-
riage.

ASDREws stated that the plaintiff had first the mis-
fortune to meet the reverend defendant, then a student at
Cambridge, while on a visit at the house of his sister,
Mrs. Mattison, who was an intimate friend of Miss Den-
nington's family. At that time, now some four years
since, she was just eighteen, while the defendant was five
years her senior, and had held a commission in the ser-
vice of the East India Company, the duties of which he
had duly discharged in India for some time, though then stu-
dying the Church. It could not, therefore, be a matter
of surprise that, being possessed on an elegant person and a
remarkably talented mind, this young soldier should have
lighted in tile bosom of this ill-starred lady a spirit of affec-
tion and attachment, which ended in her pledging her young
heart to him, and him alone, at the termination of their first
acquaintance, which lasted five or six weeks. On her return
to her own home she, acting under the most proper feeling,
communieeted her position to her mother, who refused to
allow her to write, as the defendant had requested her to
do, but herself addressed a letter to him, begging him to
address her daughter explicitly. What was his answer ?
A mean and shuffling epistle, in which he explains away
the only construction that could be placed upon that con-
versation, and treats the whole affair as a mere matter of
friendly intercourse, still, however, drawing-a manifest dis-
tinction between" his " intentions" and his " inclinations,"
thus leaving the door open to future steps. This letter
was dated from Cambridge, March 6, 1833, and in con-
sequence *of its vagueness no notice was taken of it, all
matters being considered at an end. In July, however, he
again addressed the plaintiff in a strain of strong attach-
ment, but excusing himself on the score of poverty, and
stating the amount of his income to be, with his expected
• curacy, but 1211. per annum. In reply to this, the plain-
tiff wrote a most proper letter, exonerating him from
any charge of inconsistency, and urging him to weigh
well his conduct before he took any decisive steps, to
which he announced in the moat clear and explicit
offer, which was as explicitly accepted by the lady, ac-
companied with an invitation to come to her house for the
purpose of being introduced to her parents. Could any
thing be more discreet, more truly ladylike, than such con-
duct ? Yet, what was her treatment ? The basest which
man could inflict on any female. As soon as he gains her
consent, he repudiates her, and answers very cooly, saying
that his prospects had changed, his patron, Mr. Wilberforce
having died ; and that he could not with prudence, think of
marrying, and then admonishes this tender girl, " that as
her peace of mind had been unintentionally disturbed for so
short a time, she might very easily get over it." Was this
to be borne ? No. She instantly dismissed him, and
forbade him again to approach her with his attentions. This
was in August, 1833. On the 22d of July, however, in
the following year, he again renews his addresses, by letter,
• upbraids the plaintiff for calling him " a cruel trifler," and
winds up by assuring her " that she is the object of his
highest esteem," and, as a proof of that, he wishes her to
have recourse to that letter if he fails to fulfil his engage-
ments immediately. Again did the fond heart of woman
relent, and again was this man admitted to aspire to the
hand of her whose love had been unchanged by all his mis-
conduct and levity. She expected his arrival at Langley,
when she would have been proud to have introduced him to
her parents ; but again did he deceive her. Once more he
addresses a note to her without a date, in which he says that
he must disclaim his purpose of going down to see her, to do
which he had actually taken his place in the coach. And
why ? Because this " gay Lothario" had only the day be-
fore met and been reconciled with a former love. This was
the reason set forth by this honourable man—this man who
had now for the third time offered to the plaintiff, being all
the while under a sort of engagement to another lady. Ile
did marry, but he never married this first love after all.
He shortly afterwards took orders, and absolutely was now
living in Staffordshire on a curacy, a married man, having
jilted one lady twice and the plaintiff three times. H:
(Mr. Andrews) would only make one more quotation from
the defendant's letters. Miss Dennington, on the receipt.
of this cruel letter, fell into a low state of nervous debility,
which ended in delirium. At this time her mother, indig-
nant at the treatment to which her beloved child had been
exposed by the defendant, wrote to him in her daughter's
name, and threatening legal proceedings to punish his in.
ferny. To this he replied to the plaintiff thus hypocriti-
cally :—" Would you, professing as you do to love me,
wreak your vengeance upon me because I will pot act

dishonourable towards another to whom I am bound by
a primary obligation ? I did, indeed, sincerely imagine
that. I did entertain an affection for you, but it only
requires to be brought in competition with another,
and the feeling subsides." This had been the defendant's
conduct throughout, and for this he (Mr. Andrews) now
sought compensation.
The Learned Counsel then called Mrs. Dennington, who
proved the above facts, consisting, indeed, chiefly of the
defendant's o.vn letters, which were read at great length in
Court. ..0.
Mr. Sergeant STORKS submitted that there must be a
nonsuit, as there had been clearly no mutuality in the alleged
contract, the plaintiff having broken off the engagement by
not answering the defendant's explanation.
The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with 201.
damages.

CROWN CoußT.—lVilliant Boldin
.1, and David Gro-
derhata, were indicted for committing a highway robbery in
September last.

The Jury found both the prisoners Guilty. Sentence de
ferred.

OXFORD CIRCUIT...-GLOUORSTER, APRIL 4.
LACEY V. WALROND.

This was an action for an undertaker's bill, and involved
some important points of law with respect to the liability
of executors or administrators.
The mother of the defendant.—Mr. Bethal Walrond,
formerly M.P. for Sudbury, had resided for some time
before her death at Lashborough House, in this county.
She was the sister of Sir C. Bethel Codrington, and en-
joyed an annuity of 1,6001. a year, payable by her son, in
lieu of a jointure of 2,100/. a year under her marriage set-
tlement. On the 31st of October, 1833, she met with an
accident by her clothes taking fire, which caused her death
on the following day, and immediately on her decease,
Sir C. B. Codrington came over to Lashborough, searched
among her papers, and found a will and codicil, which
latter contained directions for her burial—viz., that she
should be interred in the nearest churchyard to the
place at which she died ; to be borne to the grave by
twelve labourers, who were each to receive a guinea for
their trouble ; that no more expenses should be incurred in
her funeral thaa was absolutely necessary ; and requesting
that her friends might not mourn for her, that is, not put on
mourning. Sir C. B. Codrington, however, requested Mr.
Hill, the surgeon who had attended her, to direct that her
body.shoulebe conveyed to the vault belonging to..his fa-
mily at Doddington:_ Mr. Hill accordingly gave
_direc-

dons to the plaintiff to conduct the funeral, which was
accordingly done, and the deceased was interred at Dod-
dington in a respectable, but not in an extravagant styli,

for which the plaintiff's bill amounted to 761. odd. It was
proved that. soon afterwards Mr. Walrond went to Dod-
dington, his mother's late residence, and that some diffe-
rences arose between himself and Sir C. B. Codrington as
to the validity of the testamentary paper under which one
of the daughters of Sir C. B. Codrington became entitled
to the wine, plate, linen, &c., in the possession of the de-
ceased, and which shortly after her death were removed
to Doddington. In consequence of these disputes. a suit
was instituted in the Ecclesiastical Court, which was car-
ried on for some time, and terminated in the validity of
the will and codicil being established ; and letters ad-
ministration were granted in 1836, the property being sworn
not to exceed 4,0001. In the meantime the plaintiff sent
in his bill to Mr. Walrrnd, which that gentleman refused
to pay, on the ground that the funeral was conducted in
direct violation of the deceased's injunctions, as contained
in her codicil ; that the charges were much more extrava-
gant than they ought to have been, and that, as he had
never given any directions himself, nor ratified the act of Sir
C. B. Codrington, he could not be made liable merely by
reason of his character of administrator.

A considerable body of evidence was given on both
sides, the witnesses for the plaintiff stating that the charges
were fair and reasonable. On the other side some Lon-

don undertakers gave it as their opinion that, if the funeral
had been conducted according to the directions of the de-
ceased, the expenses would not have exceeded 4.5/.
The Jury having found for the plaintiff upon the first
point, the verdict was entered for 16/. Bs., the amount of
the difference between the money paid into Court and the
sum claimed, deducting one or two items, and his Lord-_
ship gave Mr. Maule leave to move to enter a nonsuit in
case the Court of King's Bench should be of opinion that
upon the plaintiff's evidence there was no act done by the
defendant to make him liable, unless the doctrine of im-
plied liability, as laid down in the case of " Rogers v.
Price," could be supported.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LirEnrooL; APRIL 4.
HAMMOND V. TAYLOR, SMITH, ATKINSON, HARTLEY, AND

BUTTERWORTH.

This was an action of trespass for seizing and taking cer-
tain pigs of the plaintiff, and converting them to their own
use. The defendants pleaded separately• Taylor and Smith
pleaded not guilty ; and the others, in addition to this plea,
pleaded that the pigs were not the property of the plaintiff ;
and, secondly, they justified, under a precept act of the
Manor Court of Rochdale, to compel the appearance of one
Gallaher in that Court, at the suit of the defendant Taylor,
for a debt under 40s.

The Jury returned a verdict for the defendant as re-
garded. Smith, and for the phd %tiff as regarded the others.—
Darniges, 101.

CRIMINAL COURT-WEDNESDAY.

OLD COURT.

THE CASE OF GREENACRE AND GALE.-Iu the Course
of the afternoon the Grand Jury came into Court and pre-
sented several bills, when they expressed an opinion that
they thought their labours would be term:noted to-morrow.
Mr. BODKIN immediately rose, and said he had been in-
structed by the parish authorities of Paddington to apply to
the Court respecting a charge of murder, which was well
known to the public from the peculiar circumstances attached
to it. The care was that of James Greenabre and Sarah Gale.
They had been that. day finally committed for trial by Mr.
Itawlinson, the Magistrate of Marylebone office, and would
be committed to New•gate in the course of the afternoon.
The case was one which would require the most grave and
serious consideration from all the parties connected with
it; and, as there were no less than forty witnesses to be
examined on the part of the prosecution, and the parish
officers, by Whom the prosecution was carried on, were ap-
prehensive that the Grand Jury might be discharged before
they had time to arrange the evidence, so as to enable them
to prefer an indictment during the present Sessions,,under
all these circumstances, the indictment could not be pre-
pared, and the witnesses got together before Friday. The
object of his application was, that their Lordships would
not discharge the Grand Jury until that day.
Lord Chief Justice TINDAL—The discharge of the
Grand Jury will depend entirely upon the number of bills
which they have before them. Whether or not they w ould
be discharged before Friday at present he could not say.
The Learned Judges here consulted with the Clerk of
the Court relative to the number of bills which were likely
to be presented to the Grand Jury. After some conversa-
tion, Mr. Bodkin was informed that it was not probable
that the Grand Jury would be discharged before Friday, at
the same time the parties employed for the prosecution
ought not to lose any time in preparing their indictment.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

HA TTON- GARDEN.

Yesterday William Tanner was fully examined, charged
with having assaulted Ann Greenwood, aged nine years,
daughter of a labouring man residing in Fetter-lane, Hol-
born, with intent, &c. The prisoner was ordered to find
bail to answer the charge at the Sessions.