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London, England, 1836-04-08 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIrEnroor,, MARCH 6.
CROWN COURT.-ofiver Morris was indicted for settinT
fire to certain premises belonging to the Earl of Balcarras,
at Wigan, on the 21st of February last.
The evidence was not conclusive against the prisoner, and
the Jury acquitted him. _ _

THROWING VITRIOL.—Anne Ilfurrmo, who was re-com-
mitted for judgment at the last Assizes, was placed at the bar-

Mr. HUTTON, for the prosecution, stated that the pri-
soner had been remanded, in consequence of a doubt which
was raised in the mind of Lord Chief Justice Tindal re-
specting the wording of the indictment. The matter had
since been referred to the Judges ; and she was now put
upon her trial on the same indictment, which 59t forth
'That the-prts.encr had, on the 18th of March last, ;with a
felonious intent, thrown some vitriolic acid orr the fac:•e of
the prosecutor, Mr. Samuel Wade, by which he had locn
in danger of losing his eyesight.
The case for the prosecution was proved.
The Jury immediately found a verdict of Guilty.—Two
years' imprisonment.
NISI PIIIUS COURT.—O'NEAL v. APCABE.—This was
an action brought by the plaintiff for compensation for cri-
minal conversation with his wife. Both parties are resident
in Manchester—both are natives of Ireland—and both are
engaged in the business of " dealers in clothes." The de-
fendant lived opposite the plaintiff, and was in the habit of
visiting there as a neighbour. In July last, without any
previous knowledge on the part of the plaintiff that any i►n-
proper connexion existed between his wife and the defendant,
the defendant and Mrs. O'Neal, plaintiff's wife, went toge-
ther to Liverpool, where they took lodgings as man and
wife, the defendant passing himself off as one William
O'Neal. They remained at the lodgings for three days,
occupying one room, and sleeping in one bed. At the end.
of which period the defendant left the plaintiff's wife alone,
and returned in a few days. On his return to Liverpool he
told the landlady of the house where he and plaintiff's wife
were residing, that his wife's husband was in town looking
for him. He then left the plaintiff's wife again, and she
sent the landlady of the house to Manchester to acquaint
her mother and sister of her condition. The woman (Mary
Lord) saw Mrs. O'Neal's sister and the defendant at. the
Smithfield Tavern, in Manchester.
On the part of the plaintiff it was shown that he and his
wife had been married near six years, and that they lived
together very peaceably and on good terms.
The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages,
1001.

MOTHAM V. ALLEN.
This was an action brought to recover compensation for
injuries sustained by the plaintiff whilst a passenger on one
of the defendant's coaches. The plaintiff is a woolstapler,
residing at Leeds, in Yorkshire, and the defendant is a
coach proprietor at Manchester.
The Learned JUDGE summed up, when the Jury found
for the Plaintiff—Damages 1501.

WESTERN CIRCUIT—TAUNTON.
The Assizes commenced here on Saturday, when the
Commission was opened by Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE.
There are 86 prisoners in the calendar, and 33 cases in the
c.aise list ; seven of them are special jury causes. The
Learned Judges sat at 11 o'clock, but nothing occurred
worth notice.

CIVIL SIDE.-HARRINGTON V. sms.
From the statement of the plaintiff's COunsel, and from
the evidence of the witnesses, it appeared that on the Bth
of January last, Mr. Weale, the assistant Poor Law Com-
missioner, was at Bath, looking at the accounts of the
overseers of the different parishes in that city, at which
meeting a great number of persons were present, when Ur.
Sims, who is a respectable bookseller and rate-payer in the
Parish of Walcot, made some imputation against the plain-
tiff, who was the paid assistant overseer of that parish. Mr.
Weale said it would be sufficient time to make observations
when he came to that parish. Mr. Sims shortly after-
wards went home. On Mr. Weak coming to the accounts
of the parish of Walcot, he sent for Mr. Sims, who, on be-
ing asked what he had to say, addressed the plaintiff in
these words :—" I have been informed by a gentleman that
you have received six, eight, or nine mouths since, the sum
of 80/. to compromise a bastardy case, which sum you -have
never accounted for to the parish." The Commissioner
said to the defendant that he had made a serious charge,
and that if the plaintiff became a candidate for any office
under the Poor Law Amendment Act he would not sanc-
tion his appointment, unless the charge was cleared up.
The plaintiff was anxious to be examined upon both ;
but the-Commissioner would not swear him. Mr. Weale
asked the defendant whether he had any evidence to
prove his assertion ? The defendant replied he was not
at liberty to mention the name of his informant ; but he
would see him, and call on Mr. Wealc. The defendant,
accompanied by a gentleman, called on Mr. Weale, who
was at home. The plaintiff again called on Mr. Weale,
who went with him to a gentleman's house, but that gen-
tlemen was absent. Some time after the action was brought
Mr. Weak recommended the defendant. to make an apology,
but he refused, saying that he had not intended anything
p'rsonal to Mr. Harrington. The plaintiff had since been
elected Clerk to the•union. The action .was now brought
to recover compensation in damages for the injury the plaintiff
had sustained, in consequence of the words spoken by the
defendant.
The Jury found a verdict for tha defendant.

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THE LORDS SPIRITUAL.--As the Lords Spiritual
are so much of a class by themselves, I mention them last.
Ilad I adhered to the orders of rank, however, I could not
have done so. The Archbishops take precedence of all other
ranks of the Peerage, with the single exception cf the Royal
Dukes. The Bishops take their rank between Viscounts and
Barons. This rank was assigned to them by a special Act of
Parliament, in the thirty-first year of the reign of Henry the
Eighth. The Bishop of Sod,n. and Man has no seat in Par-
liament. The reason assigned for this is, tl:e circumstance of
his being appointed to that sea by the Duke of Athol. The
ether Bishops hold their seats, not in virtue of anything LI
their ecclesiastical position, but in v:rtue of cert in baronies
;;;Hexed by the Crown to their respective sees. The Iri4l
Bishops sit in the House of Lords by rotation. The cycle by
which they regulate their admission into the House is. so ar-
ranged that each Archbisl.op sits once in every four, and each
Bishop once in everi six ses.,ions. The Lords Spiritual vote
on all questions, except on trials for high treason, or other
cases of a criminal -nature. They deem it inconsistent with
their ecclesiastical character to take any part in proceedings of
this kind, and therefore always absent themselves from the
',louse on such oceasioni.—Randont &collations if the House
if Lords.
TIPSY MA GPIE.—A Gallovidian friend observed
the other day, while pacing the streets of a very ancient burgh,
a luckless magpie, which, after cutting strange capers in the
air above a house top, commenced descending, or rather gra-
vitating, in as queer a manner. Struck by the circumstance,
he approached the spot, and to his astonishment found that the
poor bird was so far gone, from sonic cause or other, that it
could neither stand nor fly. What ailed it he could not tell,
bait its distended bill, rolling eyes, and drooping head, testified
there was something materially wrong, as much as its abortive
efforts, to rise or expand its wings for any useful purpose. At
length the thought occurred that the bird was tipsy, from the
resemblance it sore to pis and pigeons when in the same
state ; but what inn it had called at and ordered a gill, ant
then flown away without paying the lawin,
still remained a
mystery. With true humanity, therefore, he carried the fea-
thered toper home, secu:ed for it the benefit of a quiet nap,
and would have used the stomach-pump to boot had there been
one small enough in the burgh of 'vVigtown. Its dreams seemed
Duke was
troubled—for magpies decant as weit its speak—but after a
few hours repose, the bird roc worm!, and, on regaining its
liberty, cleft the ideas dolly as if noOli'll; lied 11:111mted........
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was Edward, the
THE TITLE
T.(u),FpiJoKnEt.:7
the
Oktaidteler of
originally synonyi • . with of an army. It
Pliiiikrd", conferred on'llial
rst personfather,
Ed cwraeradt et
the
ea
i 3 derived from the Latin word " Dux," which signifies a leader
the title of Duke of Cornwall ; a title which, though afterwards
mermed in the Prinepality of \Vales, has °
oßrl Black elcailn.ce.Tlielisfi
ever since been pos-
sessed by the heir-apparent to the
crown. The celebrated
Henry Plantagenet was the secondwho •
enjoyed the
title. Dukedoms were not howeverPelrsonda.gethis
period .
they were only conferred, with the exceptionerc
the rices of
the Blood Royal, on those who had distinguished themselves
ni the field cf battle. The general iinpre-Ision is, that they did
not become hereditary until the beginning of the seventeenth
century. In 1572, the title was entirely extinct. It was re-
vived by James the First, in the person of the celebrated George
Villiers, —Thurciont Recollections of the House of Lords.

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