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London, England, 1836-01-21 00:00:00

KING'S BENCH.-WEDNESDAY._

CRAVEN V. SATINDER,ON.

This was a proceeding instituted by the plaintiff to obtain
a prohibition against the Ecclesiastical Court proceeding to
levy certain church rates upon a place called Hawbrey, and
the object of the proceeding was to ascertain whether Haw-
brey, which was within the local limits of Wakefield, was
not bound to contribute to the church rates of Wakefield
not only for the church rates of Wakefield, but for the new
churches built under the provisions of the last Church-
building Act, 3 Wm. IV., c. s. The cause was
tried at the York Summer Assizes in 1831, before Lord
Lyndhurst, when the Learned Judge thought that there
must he a verdict for the defendant, and his Lordship re-
served leave for the plaintiff to move to set aside that ver-
dict, and to have a new trial, or to enter a nonsuit. A rule
for this purpose had since been obtained.
Sir F. POLLOCK showed cause against the rule.
The Court took time to consider its judgment.

BAIL COURT.
HUDSON V. JOIINSTONE.

Mr. ADOLPHUS applied for a rule to show cause why the
costs and damages which the plaintiff had obtained against
the defendant in this action (tried before his Lordship during
the present Term) should not be set off against the costs
and damages of ati action for libel betwee❑ the same parties,
tried in the Sittings after last Term, and in which the de-
fendant in the present action had obtained a verdict. The
Juries in both cases returned a verdict of 80/. damages. The
present motion was made on the part of Johnstone.—Rule
nisi granted.

EXCHEQUER COURT, WEDNESDAY,

KENNET V. FITZGIBBON, M.P.
This was an action for an assault, brought by the butler
of the defendant, who is a Member of Parliament for the
county of Limerick. In August last the porter of a coach-
maker, having brought some articles to the house of de-
fendant in Belgrave-square, was assisting the servants in
putting them away, when the defendant told him to go
away, as lie had servants enough to do the work of his
house without any such aid. Nothing further was said at
that time ; but shortly afterwards the defendant, addressing
himself to three of his servants, of whom the plaintiff was
one, said, " You are three idle, lazy blackguards." The
plaintiff immediately made answer, " I don't think you can
say that, Sir ;" whereupon the defendant struck him
forcibly on the eye, exclaiming, " D—n you, am I a liar
then ?" This was the assanit complained of.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 25/.

ADMIRALTY COURT.

THE KING, IN HIS OFFICE OF ADMIRAL, V. FORTY-NINE

CASKS OF BRANDY.
This was a case regarding the right to the possession of
certain casks of brandy found derelict near Poole, in the
county of Dorset, which were claimed on one hantl by the
King, in his office of Admiral, and on the other by Mr.
William John Banks, by right of letters patent of Queen
Elizabeth, granting the manor and castle of Corfe, in the
island of Purbeck, to Sir Christopher Hatton, his heirs and
assigns for ever. The circumstances were detailed in our
report on the last Court Day, when Dr. Addams was heard
on behalf of Mr. Banks.
The KING'S ADVOCATE now rose to address the Court
on behalf of his Majesty, as Lord High Admiral, with re-
spect to several casks of brandy, found flotsam within three
miles of the shore of the island of Purbeck, and the ques-
tion was, whether the King, in his office of Admiral, was
entitled to them, or Mr. Banks, as grantee of the Crown.
There were two points raised on the case—the right to the
jurisdiction and the right to the property. Now it was
known that with respect to grants from the Crown, the
general rule which guided the Court was to constrqe such
grants strictly against the grantee- and in favour of the
Crown ; upon that point there was the authority of Lord
Coke, besides which it was laid down in Cummins's Digest
that if two meanings could be attached to a grant, that
must be taken which was strictly in favour of the Crown.
After going through the facts of the case, the Learned
Counsel said that Mr. Banks had not only failed to make
out his claim to Admiralty jurisdiction super altum man?,
but failed also to establish the claim which he had set up
to the particular property in dispute in this case.
Sir J. NICHOLL said the only question remaining was,
what part of the property was to go to Mr. Banks, and
what part to the Crown ; and he should decree to Mr.
Banks those four casks that were found on land, together
with the five that were found first washed by the waves, for
the reason that, though not " high and dry," yet they had
touched the ground, together amounting to nine casks, and
to the Crown the remaining forty.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARYLEBONE.

COMMITTAL OF AN ASTROLOGER.—Yesterday, Charles
Paddon, a young man of shabby-genteel appearance, and
who for a considerable time past has obtained a livelihood
by " looking into futurity," was placed at the bar, charged
with having obtained half-a-crown from Sarah Hemington,
the wife of a policeman, of the D division, under the fol-
lowing circumstances :
It appeared, from the evidence of complainant, that a
short time ago a card with the address of an astrologer was
given to her by a female friend, and as she was desirous of
becoming acquainted with the nature of the happiness or
perils which she might have to undergo, she, on the previous
afternoon, went to the cunning man's house. The following
is a copy of the card alluded to :—" The Astrologer of the
nineteenth century, No. 32, Grafton-street, Tottenham-
court-road ; by knowing the time of birth we are enabled
to read in the Heavens the story of our whole lives. N.B.
All letters must be post paid. Please to ring the first-
floor bell." She accordingly rang the bell, and as quick as
lightning the door was opened by a boy, who, on being in-
formed ofthe nature of her business, introduced her with all due
solemnity into the first-floor front room, where she beheld the
prisoner, who was enveloped in a large dressing-gown, seated
in an immense arm-chair, with a number of books, cards,
&c., before him, and in the act of making various figures
of an extraordinary description, on a sheet of black-edged
paper. On seeing her We bowed lowly his head, and re-
quested her to take a seat, which she did, and made known
to him her wishes. He then, after looking steadfastly in
her face, asked her if she was married ? She replied in the
affirmative, when he directly demanded of her half a crown,
which was paid. He next examined her hand, and thrice
passing his finger over the various lines, turned his atten-
tion to sonic hieroglyphics on a slate by his side, and, ad-
dressing her, said, " Madam, your husband will soon die
but you'll shortly after marry again, go abroad, have a nu-
merous family, become possessed of large property, and, if
the stars tell truly, live to a good old age." He then mys-
teriously waved his hand thrice, and told her that she might
depart and be happy. She then went down stairs, and on
opening the street-door, her husband and a sergeant of the
same division came up, when the former asked her what
business she had there ? to which she replied, that she had
had her fortune told. The prisoner was immediately, to his
great surprise, taken into custody.
Sergeant Marriott, No. 5 D, said that Hemington (hus-
band of the prosecutrix) informed him of his suspicicn that
his wife was about to be duped in the manner stated, as
he had seen the card alluded to in her possession.
Witness's attention had previously been called to the pri-
soner's abode by Mr. Dyer, jun,, the Magistrate, and he,
therefore, accompanied by Hemington, kept watch at a
public-house opposite, and saw presecutrix enter ; on her
coming out, they went up stairs and seized the prisoner,
who exclaimed " I'm ruined, oh ! I'm ruined," and after.
much resistance, he was brought away.
In reply to the charge, the prisoner said; that he had
studied the science of astrology for a number of 'years, and
that in no one instance had his predictions proved false ; he
had no wish nor desire to impose upon any one, and was
of opinion that his calling was as legitimate and fair as that
of any persons in the realm.

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He was committed as a rogue and vagabond for six
weeks' hard labour at the House of Correction.

TILE EMPEROR NA POLEON.—The republication
in so cheap and beautiful a form, of " Las Cases' Account
of the Life, Exile, and Conversations of Napoleon," seems
to have revived with double force the interest and curiosity
excited on the first appearance of that work. Those who
formerly were only able to obtain a hasty perusal of it, will,
undoubtedly read it anew with the greatest interest, now
that it can be cheaply purchased and studied with atten-
tion ; while those who now see it for the first time will do
so with strongly-excited feelings of admiration and pity for
the captive warrior. Here the reader is brought into do-
mestic acquaintance and society with the modern Themisto,
cies. The man whose fame filled the world, and whose
arms had nearly subdued it to his dominion, sits " shorn of
his beams," and baring his inmost heart to the faithful com-
panion of his fallen fortunes, So complete, indeed, is the
development of Napoleon's character, thoughts, plans, and
acts, afforded by himself through this medium, that the
work may fairly be regarded as constituting his Autobio-
graphy.
THE DANCE OF DEATit.--At a ball given by the
millers in one of the granaries attached to the town mills on
the evening of Friday last, our townsman, Mr. Cruickshank,
as usual led the music. At two o'clock, during the in-
terval of some of the dances, the deccaaed retired for a
short period, and being very near-.;kited, he diverged from
the proper path, and .
spot l'finu. the kiln, a height of at least seven f. 4: a, He
never spoke from the time the accident occurmi, and died,
we regret to say, at a little before ten tau Saturday night.—
Dumfrics courier,