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Calcutta; Lord Lambton ,
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YARMOUTH, MAY 29.—The Aurora Fortuna, froal.o jot
tiana to London, got on the Cockle Sand this mor,,IV
came off, with mast cut away, &c., has been be4scil"
is feared will become a wreck.

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CHANCERY.—(THIS DA,- '
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IN THE MATTER OF DYCE SOMBRE, A LOTA.;,,a tow
Mr. WAKEFIELD, upon this case being called, sta'and Wm
Court that his Leamerl Friend, Sir Thomas •Wil de' ropo
self had had a communication from the other sidelelleot tiilll
a certain arrangement. They had not bad suuir not; 4;
to determine whether they would accede to it ,cl_, sites
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he had therefore to request that the Court Wow" y
matter to stand over till to-mortow morning. _3sfot to
Mr. BETHEL'. considered that the arrangement ,Iwith
benefit of all parties, and trusted that it would 'nee'
sanction of the Court. _or
The case as then ordered to stand over till 1.
morning. Sabre' >,•ols
Lord St. Vincent, the father of Mrs. Dyee
Court.
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IN THE MATTER OF THE PRINCESS BAIL PC...-
The reading of the further evidence in this ease
the Court the remainder of the morning.
VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS v iedlls
The VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND w,„ occuP
whole morning with motions of no public interest.
Af)
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QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS
(Sittings in Banco.) oiintlic
CUSTOMS FRAUDS.—THE QUEEN V. BLAKE AND CO9
The defendant Blake, in this instance had been,oo
at the sittings after last Michaelmas term,
of conspiring with the other defendant, who did ,ipe,i
der to take his trial, to defraud the revenue by P3s, tsts,
a IoW .`ll thl,
tain French goods at the Custom-house, at
duty than that which was justly payable upon
0,10
The defendant Blake was a Custom-h°ll isri ' •
In lii for
the other defendant a merchant. , n•si _ atio,
last Mr. Cockburn had obtained a nue -ilida
/f
new trial on the ground of the improper • 0
at the; 000..
of evidence; the evidence objected to beito,l,
claration made in the absence of.the defendant P .d to!'
the purpose for which a cheque of 20/. had been Pl°
(Blake.) thiPp°7
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL and Mr. PoLLOCx ,At
showed cause against the rule. itt C04,,,P
M Lord DENAI•7_, without calling upon ,---r•vitros- tir
to reply, said that in his opinion the rule for a new itere,
be made absolute, on the ground that where parts of tlhe. ty
dieted for a conspiracy a statement made by one t OW
fendants without any communication or cousetiot,nr
others, and not in pursuance of the conspirae*. ptli
was completed, was not admissible against the ,
fen dailts.
The other Judges expressed their concurrence.
Rule for new trial absolute. ~,, 0i
THE QUEEN V. MOTTRAM AND w1t2.11070,0%
This was an indictment against the defendants, 4
been silk merchants in the City of London, fortberrist
with one Bumby, a Custom-house officer, and,lll°oo4
named Horsley, to defraud the revenue. ", the ut,o
pleaded guilty ; and Mottram, who was tried a1..,,d01t
hall, at the sittings after Hllary term, was con vt"
tor
evidence of Bumby.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL this morning prayed tile,,) tlo‘
ment of the Court upon the defendants. tot u• ell
Mr. COCKBURN moved for a rule :ii:si for a ilev..,••
part of the defendant Mottram. This a). :P
upon an affidavit made by the defendant Mti; tilltit ii
he denied the statements made by Bumby' lit eine- 2
declared his ignorance of the transaction> i''"-- ei:
the frauds had been concocted by Bumby. , eongLoor,
Lord DENMAN refused the application, as °!,• .116-010'
would be very dangerous to grant new trials on 7,(iitappetrl
licatiou f.; 0 ils-00
The affidavit merely denied the facts which bad A
to by the witnesses at the trial, and contained 00
assertion of innocence. t Were
Several affidavits in mitigation of punishnlett
.4400
put in and read. After which, f i . o°°'-$ 1 '
Mr. COCKBURN addressed the Court in behal- et tbe, te
The defendant, Mottram, it appeared, had
coil
to''"
13:to
nagement of the business, and therefore cue OPW
supposed to be very conversant with tb„,e6‘, 0011,0
He had fallen a victim to the machinations of Twhoit" 0
was now livins on the price of his infamy, all„ they'.,,,,,
had been the hrst to denounce, so he had bee',ltildist,
tempt. The defendant Mottram had fourteenLah!4,
pendent on him; he was in an ill state of Dr..-
hefie P.
considering the ruinous consequences which tps
ings had entailed upon him, he trusted their Low- ,o,
administer justice with mercy.
The defendant Williams addressed the Court ill Pers°lll34
said that they were the tempted not the'ternpters 010,
had sought them, not they him. As early Des,"
(Williams) had made a communication to pfl\afotl7l-,se
Chairman of the Board of Customs, offering I the'd
on the subject, and he had received a letter frorqforo9
cellor of the Exchequer thanking him for hiss/,
and suggestions. This was six months before
stated anything to the authorities on the subjec" Ai
frauds. telldel i
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The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, in aggravation, con , is 0
Mottram was fully cognizant of the ustur-r9O
transactions in which he was engaged, and with . 4
his family it was much to be regretted that the ee,,991,0 PI Y
for their interests had not been sufficient to keep 1"Y
The object of Williams in offering information hae"-hiehl
duce the Customs' authorities to offer to forego prontierdi
had, however. never given that information. He aue',.he..t.
nothing could be said that was too strong against the ;en*
of the man Bumby, but the defendants, persons °F KO
respectable station, had been but too willing to hill/ted to, Al
assist them in defrauding the revenue. He subtaitmetr
Court, that it was necessary to make a severe exaoly
I defendants. 0/
I The Juoges having consulted together, 4°
Mr. Justice PArrEsoN proceeded to pass thed 0
of' the Court as follows :—Peter Williams an itorOd
Mottram. You, Peter Williams, have pleaded Piths eit'lly
indictment, charging you with conspiring, wiltotheli.
ri
defendants, to defraud the Customs revenue; and; by 0
Mottram, have been convicted of the same offence ty
Your application for a new trial has beei:hiak,, 10,
and I must say that I see no reason they edwoo
jury were imng in the decision to which oniboi
your case. You have filed no affidavit but Yen hsv,e_a 01
had you been igrincant of the transactions it would. tio"of
very easy for the otver defendant Williams to hasti-eb tbor
affidavit to that effect. He has, however, done 11°4 the,te te
It is true you may have been the tempted and n"flquinoilr
ters; but persons like Bi.imby generally Make,.,4l ies lit oil"
fore they enter into communications with .-
1) tion iri $ A
ttie
situation, and it appears that You had no hesita nee
atea tbe
in g yourselves of his offer. :;our duty as. bezne. re 1
to have at once given information of his
to the '- oll`
Custom. house authorities. Wit&ti regard to
tr. it, tbe,ite•
c0ne4,05:40-lie
Mottram having a large family, I e.ntirelY
servation of the Solicitor-General. Once of the anitould lost,
that Mottram's health will be endanjeredosd. 'Ot.e -al°
confined in a prison in a close neighbou:rho tbios.osio
however, send prisoners to the prison .vr,!ealth tie°
proper for them, and, should their ~. 0104,
they can make application to the prop ilec 0014
who will remove them if it should '-'e (4;0 owes
We see no difference whatever between your rhe.sPeeacit;ll°O.
and the sentence of the Court is, that you " 000'''
imprisoned in the Queen's Prison for 12 calendar
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Ts PAlti
COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS the
(Sittings in Bailed.) . Defer°
No case of the slightest public interest earn"
Court to-day.
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UNION HALL. (THIS liSargeop
John Tyler was brought befoi a Mr. Cottinghant,9,e-g-feet
Mr. Carman, landlord of a public-house ia ")1).
street, Bermondsey, with stealing two gold vcater,,,,to
gold seals, 401. in fourpenny pieces, and other Prod
amount of 1004 the property of the complatuen.. dina.o°
Mr. Child, the solicitor, who attended on the P,..„fot
complainant, stated that the prisoner Was a slater' Tease 0.
capacity had been employed at the compla,,int„ritwi'9 left,.etb°oll.
some time past. On Wednesday last Mr. Ulu"— his i'-tlA'
for the purpose of going to Epsom races, and on found A for
the same night, about half-past nine o'clock, he
„A.- avtsa'
that the drawers in his bed-room had been oPell'':oom,iti
gold watches, together with other property to the cla.7„e
1001., stolen. 'lle prisoner was in- the housei.oo4itv,hkrie
question, and had access to the room from Iva at -
perky was taken; and the landlord's wife noticed t'
it
the place bofore his usual time. .00 r
04
A witness was called, who stated that he "„a tb net
to a fruit salesman in the Borough market, i.ll`; priOhlic•
Thursday last (the day after the robbery), t' t
called on him, and invited him to take some liquor 109
house in the market. He accordingly went with Neil lU'ef‘
while they were drinking together, the prisoner Pu r
t° orivmie
watch out of a leathern bag, and, exhibiting it_ittlesso'
asked bins if it was not a handsome article. IV ",,,hich
the
cecded to describe the appearance of the watcl!, from
actly corresponded with one of the watches bt'iea
„ad
compinant's house. real"-
The la
prisoner, who merely denied the charge, was -
Ir•/-A

iii,:igr;iie,ith,fol.,'.:
C LERKENWELL.—(THIS -I)l'.With:e'a
offA young man, named James Dear, Wit 3
nnl'autcther
ence very common in this district, and which 'lB OW
allinllaoyleaankCye
etaort the
without i inhabitants, bal tcaon‘t,eB;.CarrYc
Mr. Baldwin, assistant-surveyor of highwar the PP "IA
of Clerkenwell, deposed that, at nine o'clock this in,°.ll of I„0
saw the prisoner driving a cart, so leaky that one
-u:', to the
contents leaked Out upon the Bag'fligge-wells-00.0 ros
great annoyance ofand d t iment of '
passengers e r did
itself. , parliament Se
The At"
.....AGISTRATE regretted that the Act 01 00, ~
not make the masters liable, instead of the c111131,°) l's,'l°r
would commit the prisoner Michael trigelo
under,
Act, and fine him seven shillings. t° rya' 10

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BIRTffS. gord
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On the 15th inst., at Naples, the lady of goatee
_At
-7, of a sou. n 110/51'
_ it the 19th inst, at Florence, the lady of J. .-
r 4.1., of Sunny Bank, Brecnockshire, of a daughter'
P•
MARRIED.
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Re of the
On the 29th inst., at St. Giles's Church,
the 11,..
Vincent, M.A., to Elizabeth Hale, second claughtv"
Rey. Henry Budd, Becton of___White Rooth, Ese43
-,,nia*

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Knightsbridge.on the 22d tilt., John DDoiuEmpall, Fag, of TrevDr°4
cii belli'
On the 10th inst at the Grove, Ilounslovr, ''---121
°Of '
wife of James Ensor, "E
~..Goorge
VicarOn tolfiecttihtoinn,sta.g;etdhes(lBsl?..ev. Joseph Cook, of Sewtoo
Meyer,o tige 25th inst ,Charlotte, the Wife of Mr. Jou.
t , • a 111
3of the Wandsworth-road. ~.„ Jul
On the 25th inst., Elizabeth Ann., y0,06-1-of Tool/
only surviving daughter of John Clarke, Dsq" -
ute of .
street, surgeon.
On the 26th inst., Penelope Gibson, only daug".-1.
Malleson, of Claremont-gardens•
inst.,TeObbnB,thEes2qB.,tohfDoetebl Ici.
tot,..Cchoenilsi Ulu
eotnsb
.0n the 28th inst., in Greaenta°,nlsi'ruaars )segedl-1-ws6tiBrde°evrtpoxfti-lie
Vice-Admiral Norborne Thompson, aged 75.

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