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LAW REPOR r.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY c 3.
BOWES V. STRATIISME.
lli, Lordship, upon entering Court, wished to have
,orne letters and other pa; ers in this matter handed rip
to him. He also remarked, that the conduct of Mi.
Feartrey was not folly explained.
Mr. SIIADWELL stated, th it Mr. Fearney woold, it
his L"rdship pleased, put in an affidavit shewi,:g tilt
actual approl.riation of the m nn'. A part of it svei:t
to the payment of costs; 7001. was paid tn LorJ Strath-
more, in money ; and the remainder, ai,o in motley,
to Lord Glamis. Mr. Fear n.y had n. t received one ,1
lathing of it.
TIN LOS* CILAWCITLOIL wished the adavit to be put in.
Judgment was nut, therefore, ever.'
MELLISH B. ItIELL:SII.
In this case, uhich has been fully stated nn a former
occalon, it was now agreed between the pal tie. that
the minority and majority accounts of Miss Mellish'
were distinct, and his Lordship accrttlingly ordered the
money to paid out of Court. Some discussion took
place as to the word " properly" prefixed to that of
" expended," in the reference to the Master, which sub-
ject and the remaining points stand over till'iVednesday.
Motions were this day heard as formerly, not called from
the paper.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JULY es.
William Tour, a stout portly man, came before the
Court to obtain his discharge, when no small curiosity
was excited at his presence. it being remrmSered, thii t
at CAI time the celebrated Joh rotra Soutlictite fl
rifled, the insolvent filled the sacerd.rtal offi:e of high
priest to the prophetess; and at her death, the cradle
diat had been plesente.l to her by her followers, for the
expected Shiloh, was becineatl-ed to the insolvent, hut
it did not appear what had become of it, nor did the
creditors m ,ke any inquiry aster i:. The insolvent
said, he formerly lived at Thorwa• der, Devon, where
he ward on the business of a nialtster and th.brr-
merchant. but he now stated himself to he a Gentleman,
.esi.ling in Duke-strce!, Weszmimter-road ; his d.bts
were not to a large amount, and Lo opposition ap-
pearing, be was dtsch irged.

IRISH ASS!ZLS.

LOUTIL JULY 15.

Rio Oven was iedicted for tile wilful murder *flames Markey,
at primmer.
John Markey, sworn.—ls eldest son to the late James
Markey, of Red B an; recollects the 6t% of Nove:nber ;
his father left borne to go to Di oglieda mat ket, about
nine o'clock in the morning; went for the purpose of
buying a pa r of pumps fur a tenant's daughter, named
Madge Hodges, and a few yards of linen for witness ;
his father rode to Drogheda ; witness saw his father
about half-past six o'clock, and tic next morning be
appeased to be sensible of his appriAching dissolution;
he said he came across the robbers abrnt midway be-
tween the turnpike and the mile stone of Adm.: (other-
wise Dunleer-gate and the mile-stone); the mile-stone
is on the north side of [lie turnpike; he said he was
walking his horse leisurely along th.. road ; two men
came up, one of them laid hold of the re ns; the
other, who was behind him, fi:ed a sh it; he
thought it took effect in his right side ; he sad, " Spate
my life, and I will resign what I have scarcely had
he spoken the words, when the rn in ho had hold of the
bridle, fired his pistol and wounded him in tEe left side ;
he then dragged him off the horse, and watched his
person; he believed they tick some money from him,
but it was not much ; his father did not bring home the
wallet. This was on Saturday ; he died on Sunday.
Peter Hoye (an approver) sworn.—Comes from gaol
now ; prisoner and witness left Drogheda with the in-
terabits of committing robbery ; when they came to j
Danleer a man rode by them, but drew up when past
them; the prisoner at the bar seized the horse by the
bridle; the man asked them to have mercy,.and they
should have what he had ; prisoner fired; witness thinks
it took effect, as he saw a hole in his coat ; witness came
up and pushed him off his horse; the man caught hold
of prisoner and struggled ; the prisoner got him down
and searched him ; witness searched one stile, he had a
wallet; they took the wallet, and went into the fields;
the horse went along the road towards Dunleer ; witness
and prisoner examined the wallet; there vet-re a pair of
brogues in it, and. four or five yards of coarse linen ;
witness and prisoner went across the fields for about
half a mile, and then came out on the road and went
hom• ; when they got home, prisoner sent his wife to
pawn the brogues ; she came back and said she got 25.6 d.
on them ; her name is Ann:: Greene; she is sister to
witness.

The evidence for the prosecution cloyed here.—The ptisoner di.
not make any defence.
The Learned Jan4s then recapitulated the evidence most mi-
rutely.—The Jury retired for thirty-five minutes, and returned a
verdict of Guilts.—lie seas ordered for execution on Monday.

QUEEN'S COUNTY.
TH2 KING V. JAMES WHITE, ESQ.
This was a criminal indictment against the prisoner for the mor-
' der of ---
When the prisoner was put to the bar, Sir JoNas
GREENE, leading Counsel for the Crown, and Recorder
of Dublin, said, that a rumour existed as to the state
of the prisoner's mind. lie need not remind the Jury
of the humane principle of tlie law, that, it the prisoner
wcre non compo3, or of unsound mind, at the moment
of arraignment before them, so as not to collect the
nature of the proceedings against him, and of the evi-
dence adduced, so as to shape his defence, and that if
this appears to the Court upon the finding of the Jury,
he (the prisoner) could not even be called upon to plead
Doctor Jacob dep ised, that he had known the pri.
son.r for twenty or thirty yeas intimately, and that he
had been in ga 4 since t' e Gth of fel4y. That he had
regularly attended the prisoner in a medical capacity
there. He is now insane. Nov, Rod since his im-
p, isoament.
Cross-examined.—P. isoner is now unable to defend
tr3in a criminal charge. Knows he is a m eniac.
(The Doctor he.e opened a volume, called Medical
Jurisprudence, and presenting e,e open page to Sir
.1-inas, said, "That is the picture of James White.")
The prisoner's insanity is not simulated. He is a maniac,
not a lunatic. Knows it from certain symptoms. They
are vi Lot mental, and ferociously libid news affec-
tions. Knows the prisoner to be dins affected, by his la -
guage, even a few minutes ago, in th. dock; he these
told witness ihe most ridiculous stories abort a fine l.sss
om Germany. T e prisoner Woke oat unto vehement
Iptesion: about Lady Cianbrassil, and said slit gate
..;:n without ,:which his lumber Ilans coil!! not
hay:. guy land ; that he could lead, by C-- —, any Regi-
trieot .11 the se vice of his Majesty. Dr. J cob further
slit', that The p: isoner was afil.cted with acute rheuma-
tism last y ar, and had been put through a ci urse of
trea meat to save his life. _

Surgeon Smyth confrme•d the evidence of Doctor Jacob, adding,
that he deemed it but just to the prisoner's family to say, that be
(the witness) thought the prisoner insane before the fact charged
against him.
The prisoner here became rather talkative, and called the atten-
tion of the Court to a Gentleman iii a military frock, in the Coun-
sels box. saying•—" My Lord, there's the good man that saved my
fife. I owe to him after--it is Jr. M'Cloud, of the 42d. He never
List sight of me, by 6—, in ail Vie Peninsular battles—he should
be rewarded, my Lord—l hire £lO,OOO at home in my desk. I'll
reward his independence.*
The Counsel for the Crowe eilled on Dieters Dunne and Dozy,
to give their testimony on tl: • side of the prosecution, and these
Gentlemen expressed their perfect coincidence with the opinions of
the physicians already examined.
The case here closed, when The Jury, without leaving the box,
brought in :s verdict of
Mil Lordship accordingly gave his warrart for detaining the pri-
mmer in gaol, until the pleasure of the Lord Lieutenant be signified
as to the manner of restliction to be imposed en him.

NV 1.?.1i FOR a
KAVANAGH v. :IVRPIIY.

T. was an action brought by the plaintiff, who was
a pc: s:.;11 in humble circumstances, to recover eorrapen-
s von in danriges froth the defendant, for the seduction
411;s dattgliter, on the ground of lo.s of service.
It :I;.r.ited from the statement of the plaintiff's
Counsel, that his eient was a haw)cr, and that the
defendant, aho was farmer, had !mid his adJresses to
his daughter, and effrcted her ruin under the pretence
of a promise of marriage. Ou the cross-examination,
howertr, so much of gross turpitude was provtql to have
t ken place on the part of the female, under the imme-
diate eye of her father and mother. that the Jury,
time • h returning a verdict for the plaintiff, confined
•he daur.,,e-a to One Farthing.

SURREY SESSIO VS.

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J, in Lock. a powerful young man, was indicted for assaulting
John flail, on the 9th of January last.
Mr. MAN•LEs, on behalf of the prosecutor, stated
that it became his duty to state the particulars of an
assault, whi h for brutality and wantonness, had
scarcely been surpassed. The prrsecutor was a pub-
lican, residing at Clapham, and upwards of 60 years
of age. The defendant was a journeyman carpenter,
residing in the neighbourhood. On the day mentioned
in tt e indictment the defendant came to the prosecutor's
house, and called for a pint of beer ; having drank it,
he was about leaving, when the prosecutor observed
him concealing a glass under his coat. Prosecutor
remons•ratcd with him on the meanness of such an act,
when the defendant threw the glass into the street,
and struck the prosecutor a violent blow on the chest,
which levelled him to the grrund; several persons
came up to the assistalce of the old Gentlemar, and dis-
covered his thigh-bone broken in two places. The pro.
secutor was cortied to his bed, and had, until a tew
days ago, been confined to it.
The prosecutor and a Medical Gentleman confirmed the above.
The defendant pleaded intoxication, and having been in prison
since January last.
The Jury found him Guilt,yl and he was sentenced to pay a
fine of 40..

EGrirr.-A Ftench Officer c'f distinction is said to have
entered km a treaty with the Aust•ian Government, in
the narae of the Pacha of Egypt, in or der to purchase
thirteen mrn•of--war, now lying at Venice. For duce
of them the bargain has been concluded, and a n ge-
ciation is going on for the sale of the remainder.
Margate, as one of the members or limbs of the
Cinque Ports, was, prier to the late Session of Parlia-
ment, subject to the jurisdiction of the Corporation of
Dover. By an Act passed a few months since, the
jurisdiction is removed to the E Ist Kentish Sessions,
holden at Canterbury.
M. Clause, Curd of the commune of TremouiPe-
Marchal, Department of Cantal, has been arrested and
sent to the prison of Manoie. He is accused, first, of
having strangled one of his brothers, and thrown his
body into the river—second, of having violated a young
girl, and murdered the child, the fruit of this rape—
third, of having put to death several other children,
whom he had by girls in the country.
Coouny.—A Scotch family, lately removed to
- wished ha theep's head -tred they

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GCII.DTIAtt. •
Two lint. urcbittt, rNmv.l Se;l4 and Wolf, were eh %fled with
pilfcringpantry out of a confectioner's window in rheapside. The
Magistrate sent the S'l{lli to the tread-mill, and let the Wcylu,./..4
upon the public.