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The immense inundation of French, Persian,
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Charles Mills, Esq. of No. 24, Henrietta-street, Cavendish-
square, was summoned before their Worships, 'at the instance
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of the on. Board of Customs. for having in his possession one
piece of Bandana silk, containing eight mingle handkerchiek:-.:
The summons was granted on the information of Henry Bailey;
the seizing officer.
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appearing to plead to the information the officer's deposition
was taken— from Which it appeared, that on ttheq4th;
last he proceeded to Mr. Mills's house in . llenrietta -street,
when having Informed that gentleman Of tha natt4e.of his visit
he requested permission to search, which. Mr. M., did not, op-
pose; witness then opened several drawers.. thinks presses,
84. c. and in Mr. own dressing-room he fond the piece
of handkerchiefs. In one of the male servants! trinika- were 12
whole pieces, ;the remnants, 'ante two single handkerchiefs,-
making 102 handkerchiefs,
.all of the. same prohibited material.'
In theliousekeeper's apartment were discovered several dresses
of French silk, partly worne, but liable, to seizure; and'
one new pelisse of the same manufacture; the former were
passed over, but the pelisse was:
taken to the Custom stores. •
On these informations, the Solicitor said he was instructed to
press for the full penalties. . -
The Magistrates accordingly adjusted the fines at treble the
sworn value of the-articles- seized. •

When the decisions were nearly closed, Mr. Mills entered the
Office, and said that he mile forward merely to pay the penalty
attaching to the,piece_of silk found in tite dressing-room, which
was-the gift of a brother Ave years ago, and had: wholly escaped
remembrance; he also wished that the seizures made•of his set
vant's property might not be identified with his name, as he had
no knowledge whatever nf such property being in his house.
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The Solicitor replied, that r. 111.-need.have noappreltension
on that point, as such an idea watt uoverfer One moment enter-
tained. •

Three other cases of a similar nature were heard at the same
time, in which the parties were fined in mitigated penalties re-
spectively, according to value of the property.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

LEWES, AUGUST 18.
CI
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(Before Mr. Justice URLOISIDE.JOH, and a Special Jurpl)
FORCIBLE EXPULSION FROM A CHURCH.
V/NES V. HARE, CLERK, AND OTHERS.
This was an action of assault and false imprisionment. The
defendanto pleaded, first, " not guilty ;" and, second, a justi-
fication.
This case excited some interest. It appeared that the plain-
tiff was a respectable farmer, upwards of 70 years old, and one
of the Churchwardens of Hursononceaux, in which parish he
occupied a large farm as tenant to Sir John Fagg. The des
fendant, Mr. flare, was Hector of the parish; the defendant,
Mr. EVan Jones, was his Curate ; and two other defendants
were headbotougbs. • The plaintiff' had, for some titre past,
claimed a right to a certain pew in the parish church in virtue
of his tenantcy. to Sir John Fagg,,, which right was disputed by
the Rev. Rector, who, besides the chancel to which he was en-
titled in his character of-Rector, moldered that he also had a
right to the pew in question, which it insisted his predeces-
sors in the incumbency bad always enjoyed. In order. to as-
sert his right, the 1)14mill' had .for several successive
Sundays gone to church, and before Divine Servitte be-
gan,i clambered over. the partition.: std taken possession of
the pew, the door of white.),flyttall was y kept locked by the
reeler. Iti preVent the repetition of this course of pro:.
seeding, Mr. Ifare gave orders to the parish constables and the
headboroughs to be in attendance on the Sunda' mentioned in
the declaration, and forcibly to turn the plaintiff out of the pew
if he should again take possession. On the Sunday in question
the plaintiff came to church, and again took possession of the
pew in the manner above-mentioned; upon which the constable
went to him and desired him to withdraw, telling him that Miss
Hare, the rector's daughter, and one of his sons, were coming
to that pew, in which the rector's family were accustomed to
sit. , The plaintiff declined withdrawing, but said he had no
objection whatever to let Miss Hare andher brother into the
pew, there being room for ten or twelve persons to sit. He was
told, however, that he must retire altogether. This he refused
to do; upon which the constable and the headboroughs laid
hold of him, lifted him out of the pew, and carried him to
another pew in which he had been usually accommodated with
a seat,' and ,endeavoured to place him there. In this, however,
they did not succeed ; he disentangled himself from their hold,
and returned to the pew he had first taken possession of, enter-
ing it as befbre by getting over the partition. The peace-offi-
cers began to doubt their authority to interfere any further
in the business, conceiving that the plaintiff, in his cliarac-
ter of churchwarden, had exclusive jurisdiction within the
betty of the church, and before interfering any farther, they
determined to take, the advice of Mr. Jones the curate, who
was then at the reading desk, but had not commenced di-
vine service. Upon asking Mr. Jones what they were to
do,: that gentleman told them they must remove the plain-
tiff' front the pew, and that if he did not withdraw quietly, they
were t' turn him out by Force. The defendant was requested
to come out of the pew, but again declining, he marts taken out
dboiddniloyt,
saenedmdirnacglm to
geintrheeopeouwn
anywil usuallyerleonhgeerliewas taken out of
sat ; but as he
church, and told he must immediately go before a Magistrate.
In consequence of the noise and confusion created by these ills-
graceful struggles. Mr. Jones, the curate, announced to the
congregation that divine service could not be performed with
due decorum that morning,. and accordingly the congregation
dispersed. Mr. flare had given orders to the head-boroughs,
toJ ntsadkceepoofsst possession ipoteiacoof
ttlitleatpieew t,hethPeyjauin'etrieti.troeirnt:edy illistnabettermorpetsa
to be dealt with according to law. As soon as the plaintiff was
taken out of church as above mentioned, the head-boroughs
gave him his choice as to the made of his conveyance to the JOS.
tied. He was told lie might ride on his own horse, go in a gig,
which would be prOvided for him, or walk. He preferred the
latter mode, and was taken into custodv, but without any eir-
cunistances of ignominy, before Mr. Curtis, a neighbouring
Magistrate, Who bound him over to appear at the next Quarter
Sessions for aesaulting the bead-boroughs, and for Indecently
and irreverently disturbing divine service on the day in ques-
tion. At the following sessions be was indicted for this utrence
accordingly. • It did not distinctly appear what was the result;
but in fact no judfieitl prociseling„was fowaled upon it, end she
p?nintitf- now. bruuktTit this acsiuy, The defendants justified
their conduct by thvir Special pletts,.which alleged that the de
d - fenant having mi4ccinuncted himself by tbrcib y attempting to
take possession of the pew, they had gently laid hands upon
hint to remove him therefrom, doing no more violence than was
necessary for that purpose ; and that having repeated his vio-
lent'conthict, they'did a little pull hiM about, and did a little
beat him,' al they lawfully might for the cause alleged. The
plaintiff; in, his replication,, alleged that the defend-tints coin-
nutted the grievances and injuries complained, of, as of their
own wrong.' Several witnesses proved die manner in which the
Ptihaelnitifrre;
turbonech,adn
and
(ni ttehraletrteidn,
fact,tlie
plaintiff had been treated. It was proved that, until the con-
stables
Iraednitntadrueonoidnieogedise or dis-
in the
defendants' pleas was produced by their interposition.
On the part of the.clefenclants, the topics urged in answer to
the action were--first, that the plaintiff had, acted illegalty in I
the mode of exercising his right to the ew ; and that, if he
really had any lawful title to it, be should have asserted it •by
bringing an action against the rector,' and determining the
question by' due course of law ; Second, that in point of fact, he
bad no title whatever to the pew, as was evidenced by his own
conduct, inasmuch as, for thirty years, he had always sat in
anotheepew, assigned to Sir John Fagg's tenants, without ever.
pretending, until lately, that lie had any right to the pew in
question ; third, that the pew in question had never been-used
by any of Sir John Fagg's tenants, but had always been en-'
joyed by the incumbent of the living, and had been, in fad,'
used by 3fr. flare's family for the last 20 years ; and fourth,
that the conduct of the plaintiffon this occasion was so 'violent'
and outrageous, as to render his forcible expulsiou, and the sub-
sequent proeeedings, necessary and justifiable. • . ,
Evidence was given in support of the second and third grounds
of defence ; but as to the fourth, though some witnesses' were
called to prove what the plaintlfra derneitootir was on the oc-
casion in question, it did not appear to be any other than already
described.
Mr. Sergeant Tan
, in rtply, urged, that however ques-
tionable theplaintill''s title to the pew lowilt be, nothing could
justify the violence and outrage with which he bad been treated.
The conduct orAlr. Hare and curate was by no meens Con,
'noon with that decoruni which became the sacred office of a
clergyman; mid as what took place was committed under their
orders,. they Were answer-able for the consequencem. The jury
would say" what tlama!,-,es they would give to an aged rnan,• of
irreproaehable character, whet had been' thus twice dragged out
of Church, in the face of his fellow-parishioners under every
circumstance of insult and degradation, merely because, he bail!
peaceably -exettised, the right which he claimed to the pew in
,ottestiont To there the plaintiff looked with confidence for
such, it verdict as would mark their sense of the unworthy con-
duet of the reverend defendants and their associates, who had,
thus occasioned an unseemly broil in an edifice so sacred as the
pittish chiurtlu.• • •
Juatiee liunnotrd eltarge( r
- that if the del-
ft d...4,1W', pleas of justiticatiort were satisfactorily made out,
they would afford no answer to the action, inasmuch as the
first a,t aggressiom in seizing the plaintiff and forcibly
expelling him from the pew, could not he justified: -the plain-
WuN therefore entitled to a verdict. It was the province of
die Jury; to say what damages they would' give •in such a
rase ; but he had no doubt that, in the exercise of their judg-
ment upon, this subject,., they would take care not to suffer
their ntinds -to be. affected by any feeling* inconsistent with
strict justieo. •
The Jury found their verdict for the plaintifF—Dartiages,
100 h, costa, 40s.

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CROWN SIDE. .
Bribre-111r. Baton. GRAHAM.)
EXIT COACH ,ROBBER
John Wilson, n marl of ftspect,l4 opeArance. describing
himself ash cuaLtneiTlitint, Was indicted Tor stealing bank-notes
and cash to the amount of 1,603/., from the lioroy'l'orniniouth 'coach,. on its way to London, on the 18th January fast.
The prosecution wa.s conducted by ;tlr. Rtionttica. and Mr.
THESSIOXR ; and Mr:. NiniEwa and .Ir. Apo.t.rit us were
for the defence.
It appeared, from the evidence of' scveral witneasea, that QR. the lilt it January hist, Messrs. Hector and 13tineroft, Cankers at
Peteretield, made up a parcel, 'containing the property In +tea, tion for the purpose of being- transmitted to their.ageotis, Me4got,
w illianis and' CAA Cornhill. On the folloi unl
day this parcel was given to Faulkener, the driver of the Hem Portsrnouth coach, which passes through Peterstiehl on its way
to London, and he, according.to usual custom with parcels or
that description, locked it up in a small box, under his seat on
the driving. boa. It appeared that on the morning of the 16th

January; three men in company came to the Fountain Inn at
Portsmouth, and sent for the book-keeper of the coach-oce,
who waited upon ffi
upon them in the coMe-roorn. They said they
wanted to go to London, but unless they got the three front
seats on the roof of the Hero, they would not go by that con-
veyance. One of these men was sworn positively to, bythe
brother, to be the prisoner, his attention being drawn to, him
by the particular manner in which he was looked at by a gen-
tleman in the room. Front seats were secured for the three
men at their request, and the prisoner rode on the off side,
mediately behind the coachman. Another man took the box,
who seemed to be of their party. The coach stopped 20 minutes
to dinner at Ripley, and about three minutes at the Stags public
house in Lambeth.- One of the men set off at the latter house,
and the others at the Elephant and Castle in St. George's-fields.
The coachman, on arriving at the Spread Eagle in Gracechurch-
street, discovered that the box in which he had placed thcparcrl
in question was open, the .parcel. gone, and part of a skeleton
key remaining in the lock. 'Notice of the loss was immedi-
ately given to the bankers, and active steps were taken to
trace the notes and detect the offenders; but no discovery
was made until the 19th of March last, when a man sworn
to be the prisoner went to the shop of a Mr. Tooth, of Has-
tings, bought two pair of gloves at the price of 4s. 2d., and
gave in payment a 101. Chichester bank note, and received the
change. Mr. Tooth took the note to the Hastings Bank, and
was there informed that it was one of the stolen notes in
question. He went lo pursttit .of the prfsoner, found him in
the (Jig's-street, and told him that he had given him a bad note,
to which the prisoner replied, ''l t can't be a bad note, but if it is
I'll change it for you." Mr. Tooth then took the prisoner to the
bankers, who told what he was, said he was a ctral-merchant,
and lived at Burton-Crescent, London, and that he had taken
the note al Brighton from a Guernsey merchant. A constable
was sent for, and the prisoner. searched, whereupon a pocket-
book was found upon him, containing several notes and some
sovereigns. Ile was then asked if he hadany more money about
bins, which he answered in the negative. A stricter search
was then commenced, and in doing so a roll of paper fell from
the prisoner's person, which he put his foot upon immediately,
to try to conceal it; but upon being seized by the officer, it was
found to contain, among other notes, a ten-pound note, one of
those which had been stolen. Upon searching the prisoner's
person more closely, another of the stolen notesin question, of
the value of 6/. was found in the seat of his drawers. Upon
the proof of these facts the case for the prosecution rested.
The prisoner, in his defence, said, that he was a general
dealer going round the country, attending fairs anti markets,
and received the notes in question in the course of business ;
and under the circumstances in which he was placed, he had
had no opportunity of taking the necessary steps to trace them
to the persons from whom he received them.
He called no witnesses.
The Jury, under the Learned Judge's directions, found the
prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to seven years transpor-
tation.

It appeared that the prosecutor had experienced great diffi-
culty, and incurred enormous expence in the furtherance of this
prosecution ; more than 1,5001. was stated to have been incur.
red ih the pursuit of this object, and that overtures had been
made to them to forego their duty, but which they determined
not to listen to, preferring to Jet the law take its course in a
case in which every banker in the kingdom was interested.
George Baker and Beqjamin Baker, brothers, were indicted
on the Statute of Elizabeth, for breaking and entering the.
dwelling:house of Charles Lindfield, in the day-time, on the
14th of April, at Horsham, no person being therein, and steal.
ing a bond for the payment of 2,900/., two watches, several
silver spoons, some gold and silver money, bank-notes to the
amount of 20/., two ivaistcoats, and other articles of wearing
apparel, his property.
The Jury acquitted George, but found Benjamin Baker
Guilty—Death.
In clearing the gaol, Mr. Baron ORAIIA.SI was kindly as.
sisted by Mr. Serjeant ONsLow and 111 r. .1 DAM respectively,
who tried several prisoners on Tuesday, cotnmitted for minor
offences.

EXETER, Avo. 18.
HOUSTON, JUN. v. LEY (CLERK).

FLOGGING AT SCHOOL.
Mr. PARKIN,: stated to the Jury, that in this ease J. Houston,
jun. w*Cpisititiff;"And the Rev. X. bey defendant. The decla-
ration stated, that the defendant had made an assault upon the
plaintiff; anal had inflicted several blows on his back and loins ;
to which the defendant had pleaded, first, that he was not guilty;
and, secondly, that he was under-maiter of a grammar school in
this County, and that the plaintiff being a scholar, under the age
of 21, had behaved himself in an improper manner, and that
the blowa had been inflicted for the purpose of punishing him.
'To this plea the plaintiff had replied, that the defendant had
assaulted
.him in a more violent manner than was necessary or
proper under the circumstances, and upon this issue was joined.
Air. Sergeant PELL addressed the Jury on the part of the
plaintiff, and observed, 'that the qUestion they had to try was,
whether the defendant had or had not inflicted a more severe
Chastisement on the plaintiff' than his relative situation to the
young person justified. He approached this case with pain, both
as it referred to the plaintiff,. who was very young, and to his
father, and he might add, as it referred to the defendant, whom
be knew in early life, and of whom he would Ray, that at that time
be considered hint, 'for learning, humanity, and right feeling, an
ornament to the honaurable profession to which lie belonged.—
'The father of the p/ain tiff Watt a respectable surgeon and apothe-
Cary at'TiVerton: Hilted five cliildren besides the plaintiff; who
was about 14 years of age. The defendant had been many years
the second master of the grammar school at Tiverten, which.
stood as hightta RAY-school in the kingdom, and hati-eontribdteff
as largely as any,
,emtablishrnent of its size, to that motel and'
intellectual improvement to which Bngland was mainly in-
debted for the primd station she had attained. Ile had a pain-
ful duty to discharge hr informing the Jury that at this moment
the father of the plaintiff apprehended that his son would
be a cripple 'far tbe remainder of his days, in consequence of
the treatment lie liaireicperienced from the defendant. But he
would not press this point further, wishing as he did to obtain
the verdictof the Jury without exciting their feelings, which
dwelling oh this, topic must do, The Learned Serjeant then,
after 'giving au outline of the case that would be proved by
evidence, called
' John Candy—l am apprentice to Mr. Houston, surgeon, of
Tiverton. He has six children; John is the eldest; I have
known him, well for three years and a half. Ilefore the begin-
ning of this year lie was weakly, but unhealthy. On Saturday,
the 7th February, 1 saw John run up to a boy of the name of
Bane; and, after some conversation, Houston gave him a slap
in the face. On Tuesday, the 10th February, in the afternoon,
I' saw he was very faint when he came from school. He went
to bed, anti I went into the room where he was in bed ; it was
between 2 and 3 o'clock in the day; I examined his lair's and
back, and found the blood had been drawn from 59 places, and
he appeared to have been flogged severely. The appearances
were on the small of the back; I went to him frequently during
the evening; Dr. Hutchinson attended him; I particularly
examined his back on Friday, and it was then that I counted
the 59 places; he got up on the Sunday following for 2 hours,
but he lay on the sofa; he got up on Monday and Tuesday tbr
a short time; since that time his health has been very bad ; he
has complained of a pain in his back, and a slight pain in his
head, and is constantly taking medicine ; he complains
times of u deadness in his' limbs; he has likewise been very
faint.

Cross-examined by Mr. ADAM—The school hours are over
between twelve and one o'clock. I saw plaintiff after his return
from school. I eaw him about two or three o'cloidi, in bed.
He asked me to look where Mr. Ley bad birched him. Doctor
Hutchinson came at seven o'clock. , • •
Elizabeth Halkham -a nurse—l went ,to attend John Hous-
ton on the 10th of February. I examined his buck, and found
he had been very much flogged: The back was cut nem4s and
stabbed. I assisted in changing his linen: His shirt was bloody
in the tail. Witness attended him seven days and 'nights t the
boy was very 'bad 'when she Was with him, and cried out when
she applied the lineament to, his loins. Last Sunday she ex.
at-nitwit his backs and Nund a hollow in it where she could lay
her linger.

Cross-examined---Doctor Hutchinson was in attendance all
the time, , Plaintiff); back .was perfectly straight.
Edward Houston sworn-._l am' brotherto the plaintiff: I
,WaS ut schoOf with hiht on the 7th of .rebrOnry when he w"
punished.' -*Mr...Ley-asked him whli ha ititick Master Dame
jplaisaid, iss4d, because he told lice . Dlr. I ey toitl ltlit%ter A lesanch,r
(4iilard to go out and fetch the plum pudding which he bud
left iris chair. He brtinghth birch rod. My brother Ints then
,kneWing with his hands against a desk. HA and Ley, two
boys, then held his shirt and hands. Isis trowsers were down.
Mr. Ley whipped him. Ile struck him five times, and then he
stopped. The birch was broken, and then he took the little twig
to make the birch wider. Then he gave 'him five cuts More,
and ran the birch into my brother's back. My brother then-got

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up and adjusted his clothes. Mr.' Ley said to my brother,
" you are acting Torn and .Terry with a vengeance.' '
Cross..extunined.—l was about seven yards rims my brother
when he was beaten. Master Goss was flogged just before my
brother. I am quite sure Mr. Ley ran the birch into my bro-
ther's back. • .
Dr. Hutchinson sworn--I am a physician at Tiverton; be-
tween seven and eight at night, on the 10th of February, .I was
called to see the plaintiff; 1 saw two Or three stripes on the lower
part of his body, and I tbund many more on his bodY; the akin
was cut cut in many places ; he shrunk when it was pressed; 1
prescribed a louon ; he complained of his loins ; on the Ilth,
his pulse was,as low as 50 ;be was very weak, and complained of head-ache, pain in-the bowels, and numbness in the feet. On
the 17th, he complained of the. weakness in the back ; I saw bitu
again in July; 1 then found a confirmed spinal disease, =Om-
panied with distortion and debility, and exquisite pain ; before
February,l knew the boy was perfectly straight. Cross-examined—I ordered an emollient lotion and is
strengthening plitister; these were all the external applications
I ordered. •
Mr. Ana* addressed the Jury for the defence. His client
for nearly half a century had been engaged in his present peels-
patien, and had conducted the school at Tiverton with the
greatest credit to himself, and the bent proof of that witsi'Athitt
it was equal to any other establishment of its4ixe in the kin 4
than. He should, by . the evidence he was instructed te, .
completely answer the charge of the plaintiff:* 'The' Learn'
Gentleman than called a number of witnesses, . who negtifivid
the statement of those of the plaintiff. .
The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, tid.

OXFORD, Ago. 13.
Er re Mr. Justice LITv.ItDALE.
CROWN COURT—MAINSLAUGHTtR.
George Turner, aged. 23 years, stood indicted for killing eked
slaying Maria, the wife of John Morgan, by inflicting a mot,
tal wound on her body with a stick.
Mr. Tatronn stated the case to the Jury. Ann Turner,
the mother of the prisoner, was called, but she was so affected,
that she was carried out of Court in a fit. '
The Magistrate's Clerk proved that he took the deceased's
examination on oath.
Ann Turner, the mother of the prisoner, was again brought
into Court. She said that the prisoner came home on the night
of the 14th July ; was in liquor; he had two sticks, which
he, being lame, could not walk without; the prisoner lived in
her house ; a Mr. and Mrs. Morgan also lodged there ; the
prisoner, who was greatly affected in his head by a small pottier)
of liquor, said lie would have something to drink and a pipe
before he went to bed, and he asked Mr. Morgan to come and
have a pipe with him. Mrs. Morgan (now deceased) said, her
husband should not smoke, and the prisoner should go te bed
without a pipe. The prisoner stood by the door of Morgan's
room, and said he would fetch Morgan out; Mrs. Morgan
seized the prisoner by the collar, and gave him a slap
on the face, and the prisoner reeled and fell. The pri-
soner persisted in having Morgan out of his room to drink
and smoke, and the deceased struck hint a blow with her fist
on his face. The prisoner, who had a stick in his hand, struck
with it against the door, and it struck the deceased, who was
far advanced in a state of pregnancy. She complained of in-
stant pain, anti said she thought site should miscarry. In an
hour after the prisoner went to see the deceased, and fell upon
his knees, and said he was exceeding sorry for what he had
done' but she not to have meddled with him, and not
have hit him, and he put out his hand to shake bends with her.
She at first refused to shake hands, but afterwards she said !the
forgave Min, and shook hands with the prisoner ; and she said
it was her own fault. The deceased cured on the night of the
Saturday following.-13y the JUDGE—The prisoner bad met
with several accidents, which affected his head.

Mr- Lomax, a surgeon, described the wounds the deceased
had received; and, when re-examined, said he had known the
prisoner 18 years, and he always considered him to be of every
imbecile mind ; about twelve years ago he bad a concussion on
his brain, and ever since had laboured under great irritation Or
temper; he was a harmless inoffensive man, but when under
the influence of liquor was quite deranged.
The prisoner. being called ttpon-for his defence, requested the
Judge to examine his witnesses. They proved that the de-
ceased, on her death-bed, said she freely forgave the prisoner,
end anxiously requested that he ,should not be prosecuted.—
The Jury found him Guilty, but recommended him to mercy,
and he was ordered to be imprisoned one month in the county
gaol.

DURHAM, AUG. 17.
Are Mr. Justice BAYLEY.
The Court was crowded to excess at a very early hour this
morning by a number of the most respectable Indies, who had
obtained admission into it through the gaoler's house. At nine
o'clock the doors of the Court-house were thrown open to the
public, and immediately afterwards the galleries were filled by
an immense number of spectators, who rushed in with the
greatest impetuosity. On Air. Justice BAY Ls: I's entering the
Court, the 'prisoner Ilmigson was placed at the bar but in con
sequence of an application made by Mr. Alderson, on the part
of the prosecution, his trial was postponed till to-morrow mow-
ink This determination disappointed the expectations of
many persons in Court, who had undergone, to little purpose,
great fatigue previously to entering it. The prisoner displayedmore fortitude to.day than he did yesterday, at the time of
his arraignment.—There were no other causes of any public
interest in either of the Courts during the course of the day.