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artist, hut was now entirely dependant upon an allowance
made him by his father.
Mr. THESIGER addressed the Jury for the defendant,
and afterwards called witnesses, who proved repeated acts
of adultery on the part of Mrs. Barclay.
The Jury retired for about half an hour, when they re-
turned with a verdict for the defendant.

EQUITY EXCHEQUER, DEc. 11.
TOWNSEND V. CHAMPERNOWNE.
The agreements in this case, which had not concluded at
the time of our going to press yesterday, occupied the
Court nearly until its rising.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON said, that it appeared to him the
Master had come to a wrong conclusion, on the ground of
abandonment, and that this exception ought therefore to be
allowed. The other exception must be over-ruled.

CONSISTORY COURT, Dix. 11.
TEUTON V. TEUTON.

The Court pronounced its sentence of divorce against
Mrs. Teuton, the party cited in this cause, on the grounds
of adultery, her Counsel admitting her guilt and not op-
posing the prayer of the husband.

SPRY V. THE DIRECTORS AND GUARDIANS OF THE POOR OF

ST. MARYLEBONE.

This is a suit for the subtraction of certain fees
for the burial of paupers brought by the Rev. Dr. Spry,
the Rector of the parish of St. Marylebone, against the
Directors and Guardians of the poor of the: said parish.
A libel was this day offered for admission on behalf of the
reverend gentleman, in which the facts of the case and hi.
alleged right to the fees in question were pleaded.
After the argument of Counsel on either side had been
heard by the Learned Judge, he directed the case to stand
over, in order that he might satisfy his mind as to the juris-
diction of the Court.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, D 134. 11.
IMPORTANT POINT.-IN RE JEREMIAH BOND.

This person has been confined twenty-three years in the
Fleet prison, and a short time ago a vesting order was ob-
tained on the part of the detaining creditors under the
compulsory clause of the new Act.
Mr. COOKE said he had an important application to
make in this case. It was the first time such a case had
come before the Court. In the order served on the pri-
soner he was directed to file a schedule within fourteen
days ; he had not done so. That rule was served on the
19th of November, and he had not filed his schedule ; he
had, therefore, committed a contempt, and was liable
to an attachment. It had been said that there was no
clause in the Act for the Court to punish a man un-
der such circumstances ; but be apprehended that the
66th section would apply, which spoke of an assignee or
other person disobeying an order of the Court should be
guilty of contempt, and gave the Court the power to com-
mit to the county gaol. This person had been upwards of
23 years in the Fleet, which was in the city of London, and
the present application was for a rule calling on him to
show cause why he should not be committed to Newgate
for contempt of this Court.
The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER said the question
was a very important one.
The Court granted a rule nisi.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

QUEEN- S QUARE.

George Webb was placed at the bar, charged with en-
tering the dwelling-house of F. H. Hill, Esq., No. 30,
Addisson-road, Kensington, and stealing a quantity of
wearing apparel.
The prisoner made no defence, and was fully committed
for trial.

AN IRISH RUFFlAN.—Pattick Murray, a man of
powerful frame and forbidding countenance, who has re-
peatedly been charged at this office with assaults upon the
police and private individuals, was again placed at the bar,
charged with an assault.

The prisoner was fined in the full penalty of 51., or two
months' imprisonment and hard labour. He was locked up.

MARYLEBONE.

Yesterday a determined-looking ruffian, who gave his
name Charles Broker, was placed at the bar before Mr.
HOSKINS, charged under the following circumstances :
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Watts, a master
butcher, of Praed-street, Paddington, that on the preceding
night he was returning home from Smithfield market with
a considerable sum of money in his pocket, when near his
own door he was attacked by the prisoner, who came be-
hind him, and having knocked off his hat, seized him
by the hair of the head. He struggled with his assail-
ant, but in vain, for in a moment he was surrounded by a
gang of six or seven of the prisoner's associates, who began
to hustle him about, which convinced him that their object
was to rob him. He called out " murder" and " police"
as loud as he was able, and in a few moments a policeman
came up and collared the prisoner. Witness being appre-
hensive of losing his money made the best of his way home,
leaving the policeman struggling with the prisoner.
Police constable 37 T, the constable referred to, here
stepped forward, bearing evident marks of the prisoner's
violence ; his head, which was bandaged up, was dreadfully
cut in several places, and his right eye completely closed.
He, as well as other witnesses, corroborated Mr. Watt's
statement.

Mr. HOSKINS said it was far too serious an offence for
him to dispose of summarily, and committed the prisoner to
gaol to take his trial, and directed the constables of the T
division to use their utmost endeavours to apprehend the
rest of the gang.

UNION-HALL.
Hills, a young man, a linen draper in Lambeth-walk, was
brought before Mr. Swabey a few days ago, charged with
having in his possession the duplicates of some plate and
books, which were alleged to have been stolen.
Rebecca Larking stated that she lived at No. 22, Wind-
mill-street, Lambeth, and that the watch, silver milk-jug,
silver spoons, and books produced are her property. That
she had them in pledge, and that a female named Salmon,
who had been living in her house, had stolen the tickets.
Tha complainant added that she charged the prisoner with
having - purchased the tickets of her property of the thief,
knowing them to have been stolen.
The accused admitted that he had purchased tickets of
a female named Salmon, and that he should be enabled to
prove satisfactorily that he was not aware that they had
been procured in the way that had been represented by the
complainant.
The evidence in support, as well as that in contradiction
of the charge, having been brought to a close, .the Magis-
trates said that they were of opinion the charge of the pri-
soner Laving bought the tickets knowing that they were
stolen, had not been so clearly proved as would induce a
jury to find a bill against him for the offence. Still they
(the Magistrates) could not help saying that they consi-
dered that it was disreputable on the part of a respectable
tradesman to be dealing in these pawnbrokers' duplicates.
From their experience at that office, with respect to the
cases which came before them of this nature, they generally
turned out to be dishonest transactions, and parties were
frequently plundered who mixed themselves up in them.
The MAGISTRATES then said that they should discharge
the accused, but admonished him in future not to purchase
pawnbrokers' duplicates.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Yesterday Ritchie, the keeper of a beer-shop in White-
cross-street, Reedie, a journeyman printer, and Varney, a
greengrocer, were placed at the bar before Mr. CODD,
charged with having robbed Charles Hiscock, a gentle-
man's servant.

It appeared from the evidence that the complainant was
out of place. He had amassed the money in question by
his savings while in service. A month ago he took lodgings
at the above beer-shop, where also Reedie was a lodger.
Upon it becoming known to the prisoner Ritchie that lie was
in the possession of the money in question, he solicited him
at, various times to lend him different sums of money, observ-
ing that it would set him up, and he would give him good se-
curity for the repayment, but the complainant refused. On
Sunday at twelve o'clock he found his money safe in his
box. About two o'clock his landlord asked him if he
was going out. He replied that he was not. Shortly
afterwards the landlord told him a lady was in the
street who wanted to see him. He went to her, and
was absent a long while. He returned, and shortly after-
wards went out again. On his return, he went up to his
room, when he found his box broken, and his clothes
strewed about the room, and on examination he missed
SO sovereigns ; but the thieves had left 20 half sovereigns
and two bills of exchange, one for 30/. and the other for 201.
Subsequent to this, as the conduct of the prisoners was very
suspicious, he gave information to the police.
Sergeant Ellis of the G division stated that he searched
the prisoner Ritchie, and found nine sovereigns, while three
sovereigns and a quantity of silver was in the till. Sergeant
Cole had ascertained that on Saturday he paid to his brewer
71. 35., and that at the time he had no money at home.
Ritchie said that he stated he had no mone, as he
wanted to pay rent and taxes. He denied all ~...nwledge
of the robbery and observed that he himself a short time
ago had his room entered, when some silver spoons were
taken away.
The other prisoners said that they could prove an alibi.
They were remanded till Thursday, bail being accepted
from each in his own recognizance of 60/., and two sureties
of 40/. each.

It appears that the female who recently committed
<uicide by throwing herself into the Regent's Canal, near
Macclesfield-bridge, was a servant in the employment of Sir
Thomas Neave, of Albemarle-street, and that she had re-
..:eived warning in consequence of dishonesty. A coroner's
Jury sat on the body yesterday, and returned a verdict of
'• Found drowned."