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NEWMARKEP:, RACES.
(THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.)

Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three yrs old. T.Y.C.
Redwing......................................1
Veronetz ....................... . .............. ... . 2
Four ran.
Handicap Sweepstakes 'of 20 sovs. each. T.Y.C
Bishop of Romford's Cob

African .......... . ..... . ..................................... . 2
Cocoa Nut .. 3
Seven ran.

MATCH, 200, h ft, Bst 71b each, T.Y.C.—Duke of
Bedford's Eiithen beat Sir J. HaMey's Piccinino.
Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, for three yrs old. A.F.
King of Morven walked over

LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON' APRIL. 19.—Wind at Noon N.W., moderate
breeze, and tine.

DRAT APRIL IL—Wind N. to N.N.W.—Arrd. Clipper,
River Gambia;' Mary Bibby, Archibald, Cuba. Sld. Young
England, Batavia; Lady Flora Hastings, Wetherall, New
Orleans; Mary Caroline, St. John's, New Brunswick ;
Ganges, New South Wales; Morning Star, Ceylon;
Brahmin, Bombay; Semiramis, Havannah ; Victoria, New
York ; Cottingham, Richibucto.
OFF DARTMOUTH, APRIL 18.—Wind N.—Barham, Gimlett,
Calcutta, left let of January; Enchantress, Cape of Good
Hope.
CannurgArint. 14.—S1d. Isabella, Quebec.
CORK, APRIL 16.—Wind S.W. Arrd. Prospect, Kent,'
Philadelphia. 16th, Lalla Rookh ; Martha, Callao; Almera,
Curling, New Orleans; Forrester, Andrews, Norforlk Island;
Napoleon, Chesebro, Baltimore; Newhaven, Downes, New
York; Elizabeth Churchill, M'Gilvary, ditto. Sld. 15th,
Governor, Douglas, Baltimore; Mary Ann, New York;
Fanny, ditto; Bee, Quebec.
TOTAT LOSS F, THE. BRIG CANNING BY FIRE.
A dispatch has Veen received-at-Lloyd's, trod the Foreign-
office, iucloeing 11 copy of dispotcl3 (rim bet Majesty's

Lord DENMAN—Does he state that he did not forge
the acceptance ?_

Mr. PIRRY—He does ; for, he says that he is not
guilty of the crime with which he is charged.
Mr.. Justice PA±TESON—I thought you said that he
did not know the crime with which he was charged.
Mr. PARRY—Hs does not know except it is a charge
of forging the bill. If it be the charge of forging, a
particular acceptance, then he does not know what
wiine6s.es are to bring home that charge to him.
Lord DENMAN—W hy, it is trifling with justice to sup-
pose that a man who, by his own statement, admits that
he forged the acceptance of a bill, should not be con-
signed to prison to take his trial for his crime. It ap-
pears to me to be absurd.

Mr. PARRY—I would not continue to press anything
against your Lordship's opinion, but you must forgive
my reminding yuu that the prisoner never stated that he
forged the bill.
Lord DENDIAN—No, not in set terms, but he said it in
effect, as clearly as it the words were uttered. It is
trifling with common sense to suppose that such an ap-
plication could be granted. The prisoner knows very
well that it is only a wish to try the chance of the Courts
allowing him to escape from the consequences of his
crime. Here is a man, himself an attorney—in order to
shield a defendant—stating in open Court, that he him-
self forged the acceptance. Ido not know. what expla-
nation can be given when the trial comes on, but to
attempt any now is merely trifling with justice, and the
application cannot be granted.

BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Boaco betbre Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
The cases heard in this Court possessed no feature o
public intt.rest.

EXCHEQUER.--(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings i❑ Banco.)
SHARP V. CHAPLIN.

This was an action tried at the last sittings before the
Lord Chief Baron, when a verdict was entered fur the
plaintiff for 100/.
Sir F. THESIGER moved for a rule to show cause why
a nonsuit should not be entered, and also why a new
trial should not be had, on the ground of the admission
of improper .evidence. The action was brought to re-
cover the sum of 1001., the amount of a deposit paid by
plaintifron 20 shares in a projected company, called the
London and Westminster Water Company. The plaintiff
had, in 1841, applied for shares in this company, and in
accordance with that application an allotment of 20
shares. had been made to. him. The Learned Counsel
contended that the receipt produced at the trial, the
advertisements, &c., ought not to have been produced in
evidence.—Rule granted.

COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco.)
GOODLEY V. RIGG.
This was an action on a promissory note for 51., which
was tried at the last sittings before the Lord Chief Jus-
tice, when the verdict went for the plaintiff.
Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD moved for a rule to show
cause why the verdict should not be set aside and en-
tered for defendant, on the ground that the debt
was barred by the Statute of Limitations. The promis-
sory note was given on the 30th September, 1835, pay-
able six months after date. There were several pleas,
but the only one on which stress was laid was the one
pleading the Statute of Limitations. Oa the 7th June,
1843, a letter was written by defendant to plaintiff, and
it was maintained that this was an evidence of the ac-
knowledgment of the debt, but he contended that this
letter was not such an unconditional acknowledgment
or promise to pay as invalidated the plea of the Statute
of Limitations.—Rule granted.

SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY.)
John Male was placed at the bar, charged with
shooting on the river Thames, to the imminent danger
of the inhabitants of Whitehall-gardens.
An inspector of the Thames police said, that about
eight o'clock the previous morning he saw the prisoner
in a boat near the gardens of the Duke of Buccleugh's
mansion, Whitehall. He several times pointed a gun
towards the mansion, and fired it off, consequently he
went towards his boat anti took him into custody.
Mr. COTTINGILAM inquired whether any person re-
ceived any injury from the shot ?—The inspector re-
plied that he believed not, but the firing of the gun was
a great annoyance to the inhabitants of Whitehall-
gardens.
In answer to the-charge the prisoner said he had no
intention of injuring or annoying any person: lie had
been told there were plenty of rooks in the gardens of
the Duke of Buccleugh, and he borrowed his brother's
gun for the purpose of shooting a few of them. He had
only fired twice when tha officer took him into custody.
Mr. CoTTitiatimit ordered him to pay a fine of 205.,
and in defaultof payment to be imprisoned one month.

CLERKENWELL._(THIS DAY.)
Charles Maded and Henry Edwards, two middle-aged
'len, of respectable appearance, were charged with
fraudulently obtaining from Mr. Samuel Elliott, fancy
dealer and dressing-case maker, of No. 68, Jewin-street,
Aldersgate-street, a number of dressing-cases and en-
velope cases. _

It appeared from the evidenCe that, last Saturday, the
prisoner. Made!! called at the warehouse of the prose-
cutor, and representing himself to be -a fancy cabinet-
Maker? said he had a very good customer for him in the
person of a gentleinan named Whiffsn,. who carried on
`extensive businestr-at Chelmsford, and was ,now staying
at his,(Madell's) house, itr I)altic,street, St. Luke's, and
wished to make some large purchases in the way
of dressing and writing-cases and workboxes. As
Mr. Wh'iffen did not wish to go out, he requested
that samples 'might be sent to him of the articles,. and
the prosecutor, accordingly sent his son with several,
having first cautioned him en no account to part with
therd without the money.. The lad accompanied Madell,
who told him that Mr. Whiffen was at the Sir John
Falstaff public-house, in Baltic-street, and they had
better take the goods there to him. On entering the
parlour, " Mr. Whiffen" was there, and turned out to
be the prisoner Edwards, and upon the boy laying down
the goods, they made hilt drink so much as almost to
atupify him, but he still retained sufficient recollection
of his father's order as to bring back a portion of the
goods.

Mr. Wonter appeared on behalf of the prosecution,
and said that there were numerous charges of a similar
description to be preferred against the prisoners, he,
therefore, requested that they might be remanded.
The prisoners were accordingly remanded.

DARING ROBBERIES.—On Saturday information
was received by the police of the following daring robberies :
From Mr. Currie, Camden-row, Camden-town, a silver
watch, maker's name " David Gill, No. 29,848," a guard,
gold seal, and keys, by two men, who attacked him near the
Eagle Tavern, City-road.—From Mrs. Grey, Kingsland-
road, in the City, a purse, containing 51. 16s. 6d.—From
Mrs. Campion, 12, North-street, Islington, a double bot-
tomed silver watch, jewelled in eight holes, No. 5,481, maker's
name, " Froorne, Nelson-street, City-road," by a woman,
about twenty-eight years of age, who snatched the watch
from Mrs. Campion in the Boundary-road, and escaped; and
from Mr. Levy, in Size-lane, Bucklersbury, a gold watch,
and 71. 10s. in gold.
THE BRITISH ARMY IN CANADA.—The reserve
$1 battalion of the Rifle Brigade, at present stationed at
Quebec, will proceed to Chambly in the early part of the
summer, and be replaced at Quebec -by the 71st Light In-
fantry. The 77th Foot, at present at Laprarie, will relieve
the 46th Foot at Kingston, and the latter marching to
Toronto. The 52d and the 81st Regiment of Foot are
ordered home.

MR. O'CormeLL.—A letter has been received in.
Paris, dated Lyons. the 13th instant, conveying faVourable
intelligence as to the state of Mr. O'Connell's health. The
Hon. Gentleman has already recovered, in a great degree,
from the extreme fatigue consequent on the length pf his
journey &out Paris, and increased.by•the extreme inct!niency
ciao wasttisii: - .

Chargé des Affaires in Chili, announcing the merchant brig
Canning having been destroyed by fire in the Straits of
Magellan, 16th December last; carpenter and two men sup-
posed to be drowned ; vessel sunk in 7i fathoms water.

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QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN
and a full Court).
IN RE GARBETT.
Mr. PARRY applied for a writ of habeas corpus, on
behalf of Edward Garbett, now a prisoner in Newgate,
in order that he might be brought up and admitted
to bail. The Learned Counsel stated, that the prisoner
had been committed by his Lordship at the Kin ton
assizes for forgery; and he had to submit to their Lord-
ships, that from the mode and manner of his committal,
never having been taken before a magistrate, he was
placed in a position of peculiar difficulty as regarded
his defence.
Lord DENMAN—He placed himself in that position by
his own statement, lie could not have been taken
by surprise, for he went fully into the history of his
having forged the bill, although he did not say that
he forged it in so many words.
Mr. PARRY—That was your Lordship's opinion, sitting
as a magistrate; but a committal by a magistrate is not
conclusive against the party committed. lie was corn
mitted on suspicion, to take his trial for forgery, and the
difficulty I wish .to poiot out is this—a true bill has now
been found against him for forgery, and that circum-
stance places him irr a position of still greater difficulty,
than before. There may be witnesses on the back of
the bill of whom the accused knows nothing' whatever,
and he is not entitled to a copy of the bill. There were
no depositions taken, and he has, therefore, no warning
of what the case against him may be, except the admis-
sion he made—namely, although there are no precedents
to cite to your Lordships, yet, in this instance, justice
will not be defeated by allowing the party to be bailed.
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN—IS it usual to bail a person
against whom a true bill has been found, and upon such
a charge as that of forgery ?
Mr. PARRY—I admit that it is not usual ; but this is
an extraordinary case, and the accused is in a position
entirely different from that of ordinary prisoners against
whom bills have been found, and who know the charge
and the witnesses against them. But in this instance
the prisoner is quite in the dark. He swears that it is
his desire to meet this trial, and to bring witnesses who
can prove his innocence. .
.Mr. Justice WIGRTMAN—How does any person know
what witnesses are brought before the grand jury ? •
Mr. PARRY—A prisoner may not know what wit-
nesses are brought before the grand jury; but by statute
he is entitled to a copy of the depositions, at a very mo-
derate charge. Here there are no depositions, but the
statement.of the accused—an admission made under cir-
cumstances of surprise and agitation.
Lord DERNAN—I have bound over the short-hand
writer to appear as a witness. - Does he swear that in
his agitation he has stated that which is not true?
Mr. PARRY—He says that in his agitation—for he
was surprised at the mode of cross-examination of coun-
sel, and at the questions asked, that he does not know
what be did state.