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London, England, 1845-12-22 00:00:00

IN RE GALL

His Lottnstur gave judgment likewise in this case, which
came before him upon appeal from the Chief Judge in Bank-
ruptcy. His Lordship discharged the order of the Court
below.

YOUNG V. LORD WATERPARK.
His Lortnsmr, in this case, affirmed the decision of the
Vice-Chancellor, with costs.

BOOTH V. CRESAVICK.

Mr. WAKEFIELD applied in this case, which stood in
the paper of the Vice-Chancellor of England to be heard on
exceptions, that it might be transferred to the paper of his
Lordship.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—Very well.
Mr. PARRY said that he was instructed to oppose the case
being put on his Lordship's paper at all.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, with apparent surprise—What, did
Mr. Wakefield apply to have it put in my paper ? I may, per-
haps, not be there to hear it, and I am sure I will not do my
successor so great an injustice as to order it to be put in
the Lord Chancellor's paper.—(A laugh.)
Ilis Lounsun' then stated that it might be convenient for
the Bar to know that he would sit on Monday at ten o'clock,
in order to dispose of lunatic petitions.
We believe that the Court of Chancery never furnished
an instance before of a Lord Chancellor giving twelve judg-•
ments in one day. His Lordship rose between three and
four o'clock. The hall was crowded during the whole period
of his Lordship's sitting.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 20.
THE QUEEN V. SCHLESNEGAR.
This was an indictment for wilful and corrupt per.
jury. A verdict of guilty was returned against the de.
fondant, who was recommended to mercy by the jury.

JUDGE'S CHAMBERS, Dec. 20.
(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
ALLEGED DETENTION OF SLAVES.
It will be recollected that a few days since Sir George
Stephens, and others connected with the Anti-Slavery
Association, made a complaint at the Thames Police-
office, in reference to the alleged detention of slaves on
board of a vessel in the London Docks. It appeared that
the individuals in question arrived in England in the
Caroline, with presents to her Majesty from the Imaum
of Muscat, and were now on board the brig Anne, in
the London Docks, until their ship was repaired, when
they would be conveyed back to Zanzebar as slaves. Sir
G. Stephens not succeeding in the object which he had
in view on that occasion, applied for and obtained a writ
of habeas corpus from Mr. Justice Coleridge to bring the
bodies of the poor men in question before him, and fifteen
of them were conveyed in omnibuses yesterday to the
Judge's Chambers, in obedience to the writ.
At three o'clock Mr. Lush, the barrister, appeared
with Sir George Stephens, the solicitor, in support of the
writ of habeas corpus. Mr. Clarkson and Sir J. Bayley
attended on the part of Messrs. Newman, Hunt, and Co.,
the consignees of the vessel Caroline, to show cause
against the writ. The several sailors were again ques-
tioned by his Lordship, and they all said that they were
sailors and not slaves ; that no one had died on the pas-
sage, and they added that they were all well treated.
Mr. Justice CuLERIDGE, at the suggestion of Sir
George Stephens, told the men, through the instrumen-
tality of the interpreters, that they were all free,
and that, if they had been slaves, the moment they came
to England they became free.
The men seemed to understand his Lordship's ex-
pression, and left the Court to return to the ship. The
return to the writ of habeas corpus was ordered to be
made by Tuesday.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT,
OLD COURT.
THIRD COURT.

Alexander Gordon and John Cummins, the master and
mate of the barque Neathesis, were indicted for assault-
ing William Scott, a stupid-looking lad, about sixteen
years of age, an apprentice on board that vessel, on the
20th of June last, whilst on the voyage out to India.
Mr. Payne appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr.
Ballantine, Mr. Wilde, and Mr. Robinson, defended the
prisoners. _ _

The Learned Counsel for the prosecution having stated
the case, and detailed the various acts of cruelty prac-
tised against the prosecutor by the prisoners, such as re-
peated floggings, and the subsequent application of
vitriol, so as to madden and increase his torments,
proceeded to examine the prosecutor in support of the
charge.

Several other witnesses corroborated the testimony of
the prosecutor, and gave a frightful description of the
tortures he endured. It appeared that, in addition to
the floggings, the prosecutor had fallen- overboard in
escaping from the fury of the mate, and had remained
immersed more than a quarter of an hour before be
was picked up again.
For the defence, it was alleged that the prosecutor had
been found asleep on his watch, and the punishment
with which he was visited was the ordinary treatment in
such cases. The application of vitriol was strenuously
denied, the contents of the phial being described as an
ointment of healing quality, which was administered
from kind and humane motives. Dr. Guy, of King's
College, had examined the boy's back, and gave it as his
opinion, from the appearance of the skin, that neither
vitriol, nor any other corrosive liquid, had been applied.
Several witnesses were called to testify to the humane
and excellent disposition of the captain, as well as to the
risk which he incurred in picking up the prosecutor out
of the sea.

The Learned Commissioner summed up.
The jury, after an hour's deliberation, returned .a ver-
dii•t of Acquittal of the mate, and found the captain

Sentence deferred till this day.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.
On Saturday John. Wheatley was charged with steal-
ing two silver spoons and two silver forks, the property
of Mr. Evans, the proprietor of the well-known hotel at
Covent-garden. It appeared that the prisoner had been
in the service of the prosecuior for about three months,
and during that time some of the plate was missing, and
suspicion falling on the prisoner, he was given into cus-
tody, and his lodgings being searched, the two silver
spoons and forks were found there, but the marks on
them bad been ?artially erased. The prisoner was re-
manded.
There have been several robberies of plate recently at
the Bedford and other hotels in the neighbourhood of
Covent-garden, and which it is supposed have been
effected by waiters.

CLERICEN WELL.
EXTRAORDINARY CASs.—William Willoks, a genteel-
looking young man, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Greenwood, charged with burglary under very remark-
able circumstances.'
On the night of the 22d of November last, the pre-
mises of Messrs. Walker, surgeons, of St. John's-street,
and of those adjoining, occupied by Mrs. Neil, a mill-
maker, were broken into, and plundered of considerable
property. A few days afterwards a man named North
was apprehended on suspicion of being concerned in the
depredation, and on his examination at this Court it
appeared that the ground of suspicion against biw
was an admission made by him to a pot companion,
that he had been concerned in the robbery, and that a
watch, which had been stolen, had been offered for sale
for 51. He underwent three examinations, and at
each he asserted his innocence, observing, in ex-
planation, that what he had said was merely by
way of joke, and eventually the charge was withdrawn.
When, however, he was taken into custody, five pieces
of counterfeit coin were found in his possession, for
which offence he was committed to Newgate for trial.
From the day of the robbery up to the present time the
neighbourhood of Clerkenwell and Islington have been
kept in much excitement and nightly terror, in the belief
that there was an organised band of burglars in one of
those districts, in consequence of the very ingenious and
daring robberies that were effected on Messrs. Walker
and Mrs. Neil, thief or thieves having taken from the
drawing-room of one of the gentlemen, while he was
asleep, a gold watch, and from the chamber of the latter
a cash-box, which was opened by force on the premises,
and emptied of its contents, amounting to between 9/.
and 10/. and then thrust through the window of the
counting-house. Happily, however, the mystery sur-
rounding the case was this day cleared up, and the fol-
lowing evidence was given against the prisoner :
Police-constable Moss, 199, of the G division, stated
that at a quarter-past four o'clock on that same morning he
saw him coming out of Mitre-conrt, St. John's-street,
which leads to the back of the prosecutor's premises. He
questioned him, and finding his answers very unsatis-
factory, he searched him, and found a screw-driver,
some congreves, a candle, three door-keys, and two
bunches of keys, which induced him to take the accused
into custody. Having ascertained the prisoner's address,
the constable proceeded thither, and called up the pro-
prietor of the house, who at once admitted that the pri-
soner was his lodger, but protested that he was then in
bed. An explanation followed, and, on the landlord en-
tering the prisoner's bed-room, he perctised be was mis-
taken. A search was then made of the prisoner's boxes,
wherein was discovered the duplicate of a gold watch

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