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brook, asailor, and was in bed when witness called • It being ahout
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five o'clock in the morning. Witness told him hew he had hpen
abused, and produced the notes in his presence. He bad coin,
anunicated something of the matter to Westbrook, but not 4)1,
,only mentioning it slightly to him ; but he' might haVe heard
him; talk to his companion. Westbrook's brother, William,
may have been present, but be did not observe him. NI illiant
and Peter Westbrook both live at Porley, and Wolfe lives in
the. same. parish. He, witness, did not mentionto his 'compa-
nions that he had seen Wolfe on the night of the 18th Ja-
nuary, because it•would not have been advisable to mention
it in that place.. Wolfe continued in the place a month alter
the 18th of January, and Witness saw him often, Will in
publicAouses and in the streets. Witness never said the anen
with the carts were all stout men, and not one shorter than
White whit kept the inn, nor any thing to that effect. When
he went to call on Mr. Carter, Westbrook open .d the'cloor
him. He does not recollect Carter asking him in the presence of
Westbrook why he did not. fire his pistols, and assigning as a
reason for not doing so that they were all stout men who attacked
him. Witness told .11r. Carter he knew.one of the men; and told.
him his name in the course of the day, but does not know whe-
ther he did on the first occasion. He can't tell how long it was
before the man surrendered; thinks it was in April, that was
two or three ,months after the 18th January; but he did not
give himself up.till the warrant for his apprehension had been
issued. Witness had sometimes drank with Wolfe 'since
the affair. lie had frequently taken drink with him since that
time.

Re-examined.—Viritness did not mention the name of lirolee
in the presence of WestbroOk, because the latter was not one or
his Majesty's subjects—(a laugh)—he meant to say, one of 1)13
Majesty's Officers. He did not apprehend Wolfe when he met
him in public-houses, having been directed to keep the matter
a secret. • Witness sweats he mentioned Wolfe's name to his
inspector, Mr. Watling, at the house of the latter; on. the day
after the attack.

John Clarke, another Revenue Officer, corroborated the evi-
dence of the last witness.

Captain Watling.—Cheetham and Clarke, on the 19th Jan.,
communicated to him the affair ofithe preceding night, and
gave up the five one-pound notes to him, which were Ring.
wood notes. 'Witness made out and dispatched his report of
the circumstance on the 20th January, the
.day after he had
seen Cheetham and tlarke. • - •
The case for the prosecution being closed—
Mr. c. F.1171r.i.1.1ms addressed the Jury for the defendant,
and called. the following witnesses.
Peter-Westbrook examined—ls a sailor, and lives at Forley.
Has done so since his childhood. Mr. Carter lived tri his house
in January. Cheetham knocked at witness's door at Ihreg, or
half-past• three o'clock. Clarke came afterwards. Cheethatn
and Clarke conversed with Mr. Carter, and gave an account of
what had occurred. They said they had fallen in with three
carts, and represented the men who were with them as all tall,
stout men. They said they were as stout as White, the inn_
keeper, who is a tall and very stout man. Witness asked them
if they knew any of the men, and both Clarke and Cheethatn
said not. Wolfe is a small man; he, has always borne an ex-
cellent character.

Cross-examined—Witness knows Wolfe these many years ;
Is positive Cheetham and Clarke both said the men were stout,
William Morris sworn,---Is gamekeeper to Mr. Drummond,
and was so in January last ; was out on duty on the 18th if
that month, and heard carts passing; in each girt were two
men, and one walking behind ; the carts were heavqz laden ;
knows Wolfe these several years; he is an honest inc.ustriaus
person.
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Mr. Powell exan-tine&--Has known Wolfe seven or eigbt
years; was watching a horse on the 18th January, and mrt
three carts about six o'clock, on 'Bewley Manor; the carts
were each drawn by three horses, and were loaded, but wit-
ness did not know with what. There were men • with the
• cart ; Wolfe was not among them ; it was dark, but must
have known Wolfe had he been there; there were only four
men with the carts.

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George Wood proved that the defendant worked with him
on the 17th and 18th January, and remained with witness till
ten o'clock at night on the 18th, in company with another man
named Hawkesworth.

James Hawkesworth corroborated the statemb►nt of the last
witness, and said, after parting from Wood, with sand Wolfe
went home together to WOlfe's mother's,
Mrs. F. Wolfe said her son, the defendant, slept at home 02
the 18th January.
Mr. John Barney gave the defendant a good character. • -
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE charged the Jury, who immv-
diately returned a verdict of Not
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OXFORD, JULY 14.
TEE FANCY.

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PORTER V. Jlll3ll.—This was an action brought by 3 hair-
dresser of Oxford, against the defendant, a member of the.
fancy, and commonly known by the name of the " Cheltenham
Champion," to recover 271. 10s., money lent and advanced by
the plaintiff to him.—William Bower proved that the plaintid'
had lent the money to the defendant, and that when askecl'
to repay it, he promised to do so on 'his return
from Cheltenham. The defence set up was, that the
money lent was for the purpose of posting the stakes 'in
a prize-fight between the defendant and a man named
Reid, usually styled " the Chelsea Snob ; " and to make
out this case, Mr. Jervis cross-examined the witness Bower, at
some length.
Mr. JERVis—The plaintiffis called "the Sporting Barber,"
is he not ? Witness—Yes.

Mr. JEnvis,-And you are• the gentleman called ". Black
Bill ?" The witness bowed. -
Mr. JEtwts—Do not bow, Sir, but answer. Witness-4
am habitually polite.--( Laughter. )
Mr. JERVIS—Don% you know this money was to make good
the stakes in a prize fight ? Witness—No, I don't• know any
thing about it.
Mr. JERVIS—Upon your oath, did you not 'hear from the
plaintiff that this money was to constitute part of the stakes, in
a tight between Jubb and a man who went, by the name of
King, but who, in fact, was Reid, the Chelsea Snob? Wit-
ness—l don'tknow any thing about it ; I only went to, him to.
be shaved.

Mr. 3Env is—He does not seem to have shaved you very
well to-day—rflie witness had an immense black beard].?-
-Witness—No, he can't, nor nobody else ; but I am not come
here abdut such things.

*. Mr. JERVIS—Hati you not a bet on this very fight? •
Mr. TAUNTON objected to this question as irrelevant.
Mr. Baron GARROw confirmed' the objection, and as Mr.
Jervis could not substantiate the defence set up, the Jury found
a verdict for the plaintiff under his Lordship's direction.—
Damages, 271. 10s.
Mr. Baron GAnnow now observed, that he was very happy-
to think that the regulations adopted by the University Police
would have the effect of preventing any such disgraceful scent.
as boxing matches taking place in the University.
Mr. TAUNTON begged to remark to his Louisa) that the.
dignity and reputation of the University had never 'Yet been pol-
luted by such disgraceful scenes as boxing matches.
Mr. Baron,GARROW—I am glad to hear it. I did not mean "
to insinuate the contrary.
Mr. TAUNTON—Nor has the City of Oxfbrd eitiler„.Lny
Lord. • - •
Mr. Baron B ARRow-,at is so much the better.

THIEF CURIOUSLY DETECTED.—Wedoestbv,
William Armour, dyer, Paisley, was convicted before the Jo,.
tices -of having stolen a quantity of silk, yarn from hiS em-
ployers, Messrs. John Gilchrist and Son, dyers, Lonend, and
sentenced to 30 days confinement in Brideweli. The manner
in which the theft was discovered, and the thief deiected,.is
rather curious. For some time past, Messrs. Gilchrist Observed..
an unaccountable diminution occasionally take ;,place in their
stock of silk. • Suspecting that some of their Servants were act.
ing dishonestly, they concealed a loaded musket, on full cock,
amidst. a quantity of, silk, 'and attached' by a string several
heads of silk to the trigger of the piece. The stratagem silt-.
ceeded. On Monday afternoon the discharge of the 4un pro:' -
claimed the operations of the thief, and on repairing 'to the ,
spot, -the unfbrtunate culprit was found trembling by the side
of the tell-tale musket. Armour is an old soldier, and a pen- '
sioner, and his ear is consequently not unused to the discharge
of fire-arms, but he declares that no report of nriusitet or can-
non, from friend or foe, ever made his heart Loup like Mr. Gil 7:
christ's gun.---( Glasgow Courier, July 12.) ao,Ac;
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At no former period has all inclination for
.ing operations been so apparent.. .In every quarter of the town -
houses of large dimensions are in the course!of erection, and the ••
demand for masons is great. Wages from 245. to 25s.—(Mon. •
!rose Chronicle.)

COLOMBIA AND THE UNITED STATES

This Treaty does not differ materially from
these concluded between Great Britain arid the
"South American States, though there are expla-
nations on some points which are disregarded in
these conventions. The following articles are
pPculiar, establishing the.principle that free ships
make free goods :
" A rt.'l2.—lt shall be lawful for the citizens of the United
.".F:atcs of America and the Republic of Colombia to sail with
their ships, with all manner of liberty and security, no distinc-
iton being made whb-eare the proprietors of the merchandizes
laden thereon, froth any port to the:places of those who now
:.re, or hereafter shall be at enmity with either of the contract-
ing parties. It shall likewise be lawful for the citizens afore-
said to sail with the ships and merchandize before-men-
tioned, and to trade with the same liberty and security from
the places, ports, and havens of those who are ene-
mies to both or either party, without any opposition or
disturbance whatsoever, not only directly from the places of
the er.eray, beforementioned, to neutral places, but also from
.one place belonging to an enemy to another place belonging to
an enemy, whether they be under the jurisdiction of one
power, or under several. And it is hereby stipulated, that
free ships shall also give freedom to goods, and that every
-thing shall be deemed free and exempt which shall be found
on board the ships belonging to the citizens of either of the con-
tractin parties, although the whole lading, or any part thereof,
should appertain to the enemies of either, contraband goods
being alwa) s excepted. It is also agreed, in like manner, that
the same liberty be extended to persons who are on board a free
ship, with this effect—that although they be enemies to both
or either pally, they are not to be taken out of that free ship,
unless they are officers or soldiers, anti in the actual service of
the enemies : Provided, however, and it is hereby agreed, that
the stipalatians in this Article contained, declaring that the flag
shall cover the property, shall be understood as applying to
tho,,e povers only who recognise this principle ; but if either of
the two contracting,parties shall be at war with a third, and
the other neutral, the flag of the neutral shall cover the pro-
perty of enemies whose Governments acknowledge this prin.
ciple, and not of others.
" Art. 13.—1 t is likewise agreed, that in the case where the
neutral flag of one of the contracting parties shall protect the
property of the enemies of the other, by virtue of the above
stipulation, it shall always be understood that the neutral pro-
perty found on board such enemy's vessels shall be held and
considered as enemy's property, and as such shall be liable to
detention and confiscation, except such property as was put on
board such vessel before the declaration of war, or even after-.
wards, if it were done without the knowledge of it ; but the
contracting parties agree, that two months having elapsed after
the declaration, their citizens shall not plead ignorance there-
of. On the contrary, if the flag of the neutral does not protect
the enemy's property, in that case the goods and merchandises
of the neutral, embarked in such enemy's ship, shall be free."
There are some exceptions on the subject of goods contra.
band of war. Regulations are also made respecting the search
of vessels in time of war; but it is agreed that these stipula-
tions shall refer only to those vessels which sail without con-
voy, and that " when said vessels shall be under convoy, the
verbal declaration of the commander of the convoy, on his
word of honour, that the vessels under his protection be-
long to the nation whose flag he carries, and when they are
bound to an enemy's port, that they have no contraband goods
on board, shall be sufficient."

The following articles are also not usual in treaties 1—
" Art. 22.—Whenever one of the contracting parties shall
be engaged in war with another state, no citizen of the other
contracting party shall accept a commission, or letter of marque,.
fur the purpose of assisting or co-operating hostilely with the
said enemy, against the said party so at war, under the pain of
being treated as a pirate. _ _

"Art. 23.—1 f, 'by any fatality which cannot be expected,
and which God forbid, the two contracting parties shall be
engaged in a war with each other, they have agreed, and do
agree, now for then, that there shall be allowed the term of
six months to the merchants residing on the coast, and in
the ports of each other, and the term of one year to those
who dwell in the interior, to arrange their business, and
transport their effects wherever they please, giving to them
the safe conduct necessary for it, which may serve as a suffi-
cient protection until they arrive at the designated port. The
citizens of all other occupations who may be established in
the territories or dominions of the United States and of the
Republic of Colombia, shall be respected and maintained in
the full enjoyment of their personal liberty and property, un-
less thnir particular conduct shall cause them to forfeit this
protection, which, in, consideration of humanity, the contract-
ing parties enagage to give them.
" Art. 24.—Neither the debts due from individuals_ of the
-one nation to the individuals of the other; nor sliaresUor monies
which they vary have in the public funds, nor in the public or
private banks, shall ever, in any extent of war., or of national
Oiff'erenee, be sequestered or confiscited."