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London, England, 1825-01-28 00:00:00

lIESSR& ROBINSON.

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Leaseholds—No. 2, Water-lane, Lower Thames-street, contain-
ing seven apartments, two counting-houses, temple room, and '
vaults. Held fur IS/ years of Christ's Hospital, at £17,2 to.. per
annum. Fee of SI to be paid to the Hospital, for leave to assign.
Sold by order of the Assignees, under a Commission of-Bankruptcy,
exempt from Auction duty-6715.
Nos. 1 and 4, Catharine-street, No. 13, Edward-street, and
No-1, Henry-street, Stepney—let together at £5l per annum.
Held at a ground-rent of sC2II Ss. 4d. for seventy-four years. Land
tax redeemed-690.

Freeholds--Land tat redeemed, Nos. 8 and 9, Groevenor-
square; Thomas-street, 13ethnal-green-road, let at £2O 16s. per
annum—Xl7s.

Nos. 5, 6,.and aijobing, each let at £lO Bs. per annum—
£Bo each.

MURDER OP MR. AND MRS. HUNT.—NAPI.6.I, JAN•
10.—" 1 wrote you a few lines in the beginning of last
month, giving you an account of a most barbarous
murder, where an English Gentleman and his wife
were the victims of the unprovoked ferocity of ravage
assassins. The. only particular in which I was incor-
rect, was in. the .number of the murderers, who were .
sir, instead of three, as I stated.. Little hopes were en-
tertained that they would be discovered; but as the
activity of the English was set in motion, the police
was stimulated (to display an unwonted energy ; and
at this moment six and this ty men are in custody, every
one of whom might be hanged, Without any fear of
shedding innocent blood. The murderers are certainly
in this band: indeed, the property, or part of it, taken
from the Lady, robbed a few minutes before the mur-
der, has been found upon some of them : however, it
is still uncertain whether they will be. brought to pu-
nishment, unless-the judicial body rousei• itself as tra:
expectedly as the police • has done. It seems 'that the
higher powers were 'piqued by the idea of strewing fo-
.reignersthat they should be protected; and it is said
the King had the acount of the proceedings sent bins
, every day:". •
CORN EXCHANGF., MARK-LANE, JAN. 28.
Our arrivals were tolerably large list week• fry all kinds of grain,
and prime-simples of Wheat ars in food demand this ntorming,
freely maintaining the prite of. the last market day, but all other
qualities are,heavy sale.., Barley remains dull, tad will do so while
there is 'spy oneertainty as to the Ports opening. Beans and. Peas.
are NUM deaf as on last market day; but there is rather better •
demand' for 'OM, although the prices are scarcely so 'pock as on
Monday. The Flour trade is very dull.
Arrivals last week—English Wheat, 7200 quarters : Burley
12,300 quarters; OM. 30,500 quarters; Irish Wheat 900 quarters ;
Irish Oats, 4500 quarters ; Flour, 10,300 sacks.
SMITHFIELD ;MARKET, JAN:onAsißayi
2aBt. the price.
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The Ifteef Market is very steady at ss. 2d. per stone for the best
Meat ; and 3lutton is full as good sale as ou
then•quoted.• Veal continues to look' up, 65. to 7s. per stone being
the quotation; and Pork is a shade better in price.—Beasts 404 •
Shßee"Pl'2,64ls.o2;d.Ptigs 05905. 2CI C.
ahlive" i
tto?.
,4s. Sd. to Ss. fd. Veal,tiat Od. jo
7s. od. Perk, ss. 2d. to 6s Bd.-1-lay per load; AZ Os. to ;ES 960;-.
kinss,2ol to £2 6s. Ciovor, 44 is. to £5 10s.

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HOME.

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" I have often thought that the endearing pleasure of licine;when'
Innocence and cbeerfulnew preside as inmates, is the Int picture of
Paradise renewed, with the chaste devotional ardour of its
ababitaats."

Jernhna! not that she is
fair—
And yet her beauty is excelling—.•
Not for the mildly winning air,
And tender bosom folly swelling !
Not for the acute veins that streak
Her neck and rounded arms solightly ;
Nor for the modest cheerful cheek ;
Where rosy blushes live so brightly !
Nor for the harmony of face,
Of form, of manner, or of stature ;
Ob, not for any outward grace
She seems to me the pride of Nature!
Her's is a charm that thought may paint;
But words are weak for its revealing
The temper of a gentle Saint,
Ruled by a matchless heart of feeling !
'Twas this that bade me seek my bride,
When dreams were o'er of first affection ;
'Tis this, that *hen her truth is tried,
Sets Reason's seal on Love's election !
'Tis this, beyond the boast of birth,
Beyond her beauty far excelling,
That makes a Paradise of Earth,
And Horne a dear Elysium dwelling !

FATAL PUGILISM.

Saturday evening two young men, named Ezra Co-
zier, a blacksmith, and Miller, a carter, quarrelled, and
determined to meet on Monday morning, to decide
their dispute. At eight o'clock they met, and repaired
to a field on the New- Painswick-road, each attended by
his backer. After fighting for nearly half an hour,
Cozier, on being brought up to time, staggered, and
appeared so incapable of further exertion, that tne spec-
tators separated the combatants, and it was discovered
that he had received serious injury, as he complained of
dreadful pain about his head. He was carried to the
Norwood Arms Inn, near the turnpike, but before he
reached the house he was a corpse. In the course of
the day his opponent, and the backers of the parties,
left the neighbourhood, until the verdict of the Coro-
ner's Inquest was known. On the arrival of the Coro-
ner, on Tuesday, the Jury assembled at the Norwood •
Arms, and viewed the body, which was subsequently
opened, and it was clearly asceitained that his death was
occasioned by a blow on the jugular vein, on which a
severe contusion appeared, and a quantity of exti avasa-
ted blood was found on the brain. The Jury were oc-
cupied from one o'clock in the afternoon, till nine in
the evening, when they returned a verdict of ,6 Man-
slaughter" against J. Miller, as principal, and E. Man-
sel, and W. Hadlam, as seconds. There are circum-
stances connected with this contest which deserve par-
ticular notice. The first insult, or at least that in which
the fight originated, was given by Cozier, the lad who
was killed ; the challenge (hear this, se duellists !—,
the eliallerge from a carter to a blacksmith I) was the act
of Miller, who was a heavier man than his antagonist.
—On the Sunday evening, Cozier attended public
worship, and on the Monday morning rose, for the last
time, to keep his brutal appointment ! On the way, he
met an acquaintance, who was ignorant of the trans-
action, and requested him to accompany him to the
house where the full battle-money was to be staked.
The young man very properly attempted to dissuade
him from encountering an opponent so mach his, supe-
rior in weight and strength ; but he was not to be
reasoned with. They reached the ground—sts ippecl—!
shook bands without more apparent animosity than
might be expected under the circumstances. The ks%qe
of the conflict we have stated. The friend who at first
argued with Cozier against the probability of bis suc-
cess, entreated him repeatedly timing the fight to give
in, for he had no chance of success;- but all, in vAirs.. A
snore melancholy and painful fact must now be re-
corded. The father of the unfortunate Cozier was pre-
sent throughout the strife that ended so fatally. It is
true that he repeatedly, but IneffectuOly intgpnsed.
This is the second instance of the fatal termination of
such contests within the brief space often days. On
Sunday sennight a man was killed at Windsor, and a
verdict of " manslaughter" has been returned against
his opponent.—Cl4knkapt cifonicle.

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• GAS SIMMS —The price of shares in the Liverpool,
Coal Gas Company, originally 1001. is now SOO/.
An elm tree, supposed to be 1000 years old, was
lately blown down near Lulworth Castle. Eleven loadp
of timber, besides lops and tops, were the produce of
this tree. It was alp ornament to the place in the tirpe
'Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk, Who, about 300
fears ago, built that beautiful castle.
The barometer at Keswick (270 feet above. the level
' the sea), stood on Sunday, the 9kh instant, at the
'usual height of 20.54 inches, being 2.64 higher than.
the 23d of November. The. weather, for a few
Is, was more like April than 4anuary, but. is again
'riled to wet.
Saturday was launched from the,dockirard of:Messrs.
)ORDONS and Co. Deptford, the steam-vessel Enter-
priae, destined foi the passage between thiscountry and
Calcutta. This vessel, which is nearly 501 tons burden,
vas committed to her proper element in gallant. style,
Amid the enthusiastic shouts, of a numerous company
assembled on the occasion.
Mr. BLOM SWF, principal agent to Mr. NIA NDLING)
Middleton Colliery, near Leeds, has determined to.
adopt an excellent expedient to prevent a repetition
of such dreadful accidents as that- tecorded re-
cently. He has resolved to affix locks to the safety
lamps used in. the pits, so that the men cannot- open
them,. if they should be so inclined. Mr. &AN.
EASSOP.haS defrayed the, expense of the coffins to. bury
the dead. He has also given 21. to the relatives. of 'each
married man that is killed, to those of each Single, MA.
11. and to those of each boY, 5.5. bisides.rendering when,
assistance to theberemil families. By-the late-dread-
ful calamity, eleven widows, and twenty nine children
are left destitute.
A band of robbers lately. attacked the Diligence.from.
Madrid to Cadiz. The passengers defended Allemselves,
and it is said that Colonel Limnos, of the trench artil-
lery, who was of the number, has perished..
There is no . salvation for.. the drunkard in a- warm.
climate. Of 5,000 Europeans who went to Colombia
within a few years, not more. than SOO survive; aPd:
three parts.in.five of: this mortality maukaattaikiitad
to ilrinkiag.--klalra -Celerabia.

LORD MAYORS COURT, JANUARY 27.

A case of considerable interest came on before. _
Court this day, and occupied it upwards of fieiltdors,
In the year 1615, an Antwerp merchant, named 36.1
seph Hozai, became a bankrupt there. A short timt
ago, Messrs. Stott, Garnet, and Palmer, were parties
to an attachment of considerable property in the hands
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of Messrs. Bowker, of A I ermanbury,• in the name of
the bankrupt; and Mr. Ilayen claimed that pro-
perty now, as approver or livignee to the bankrupt's
estate, for the benefit of the creditors. There were,
therefore, four "parties in the case; and the approver
stood in the condition of plaintiff, and Mr. Hozai in
that of defendara.- '
Mr. BOLLAND, for the approver, stated, that he had
simply to prove the bankruptcy of Mr. Hozai at An-.
twerp, and the possession, by the garnisher, of the pro-
perty of the bankrupt, to chew that his client was en-
titled to a verdict.
Mr. Canan, clerk of Messrs. Deakins and Co. of Fen-
church.street, stated, that he went to Antwerp last
month, in order to get documents from the Chamber of
Commerce there, to prove that Mt. Benhayen was ap-
pointed syndic to the bankruptcy of Joseph Hozai.
Witness went to Mr. Herryns, a Judge of the Chamber
of Commerce, stated the object of hi 3 visit, and was by
him int, oduced to Mr. Schram, the President. Mr.
Govertz, another Judge of the Chamber of Commerce,
was also present, as well as the Register, who produced
a book, from which witness made extracts, which he
compared with the contents of the book, in the presence
of the President, Judges, and Register, who afterwards
authent;cated and set the seal to the documents.
These documents were understood to be confirmatory of•tbe act
of

bankruptcy.
Mr. Law, for the defendants, observed that he considered the
Chamber of Commerce of Antwerp as no more than a chamber
of moonshine.
Mr. Joseph Schram, who has a house in business at
Antwerp as well as in London.—His brother, Emanuel
Schram, was President of the Tribunal, or Chamber of
Commerce, at Antwerp, and that Gentleman's signa-
ture was attached to the documents alluded to.
By the Coun.—Do you know that questions of bankruptcy are
discussed in the place called the Tribunal of Commerce?
The witness answered in the affirmative. Mr. Hozai
was a merchant at Antwerp in 1815, and witness be-
lieved his affairs were at that time distressed. Had not,
however, seen Mr. Hozai since 1813.
Alr. DOMANI, then put in the documents.
Mr. LAM objected to the reading of .he documents. It had not,
Ire said, been proved that Mr. Hoaai, whose property was attached,
:was the Antwerp bankrupt.
Mr. BOLLAND in reply, referred to the pleadings, in
4which it was stated, that Mr. Hozai became bankrupt
in 1815, at Antwerp, and that the usual proceedings
were resorted to, by which an approver was appointed,
and that such approver was the only person entitled to
bring an action in the case. To this, the Learned Coun-
sel said a replication was made, that the approver had
no right nor title to claim the property of Mr. Hozai,
and thereupon issue was joined. He considered the
evidence, that Mr. Hozai was a merchant residing at
Antwerp in 1819, sufficient for the Jury, and he looked
upon the replication as recognidng and admitting that
Mr. Hozai was the person alluded to.
Alt. BARNARD, on the same side, argued, that there was not only
a primp facie case for a Jury, but very strong evidence.
Mr. Law insisted that these was no proof of the,
bankruptcy, and that there might be, in so large a placel
as Antwerp, several Mr. Hozais, as well as there were
several Mr. Smiths in London. There was no evidence ofl
personal identity---,a thing indispensable in such a case.
Mr. BeLLAND said, the defendants were called upon
to prove that Mr. Hozai was not the Antwerp bank-
rupt. A case bad the other day occurred in the Coon
Of King's Bernell—that of " Duncan v. the Proprietor
of the Morning Advertiser," in which Mr. Brougham
had taken an, Objection that the Mr. Duncan alluded to
migist be the father of the person meant, and when it
was aftstwered that the father was bail for the son, Mr.
BfOUSII24I argued that it might be the grandfather ;
uport wiaich the Lord Chief Justice observed, that the
defendaots bad not proved that there was a grandfher.
Law. said. that wee no reason that Mr. Hozai,who was the
defendant in this case, should be the bankrupt of Antwerp.
The ItKoatraz said, the defendant had it In his power, if he was
not the bankrupt, to prove that fact.
Mr. LAW. contended, that at all events there was no
evidence so prove the right and authority of the Ant-
werp Chamber of Commerce to vest the property of a
hankrutst in an assignee. There was no pro fof the
haw of that place as to bankrupts.
Mr. LIOLLAND said he had documents signed by the
authorities, in proof of his case. If such proof were not
admissible, how could commercial affairs be carried on
with foreign countries ? It was perfectly well known
that, in all foreign countries, tribunals of commerce de-
cided in cages of bankruptcy. Did his Learned Friend
mean to say that if documents signed by him, as Com-
missioner of Bankrupts, to no more than the extent of
'his authority, were produced in a foreign count, y, they
would not be conclusive ?
Mr. BARNARD said, that it was impossible to compel
the President or the Judges to come over here to give
evidence; all that could be done was to give the best
evidence that could be had, and such evidence was ad-
missible upon the principle, with respect to all known
and unknown Courts, that omnia presumuntur jiaisse rite.
aFta. Now it-happened that the plaintiff was actually
incumbered with the load of proof.
Mr. LAW contended, that the principle omnia prem.
muniterfitisse rite acta was too dangerous to be extended
to all known and unknown Courts. He would instance
aicase in which it was far• from being admitted. Indeed,
'the presumption was (and so was the fact), that them
eras gross misconduct upon the part of the person id
qttestien. It-was- stated before a relative of his (Mr.
Law's) that the Governor of an- island had imprisoredl
a British subject in-a very confined placed, and the prin.
eiple just quoted-was stated in support of-the act, upon'
'which the Judge.saidi he would look to- the authority of
thee-person, whether ha was- a Governor or not, who pre-
snored to imprison an English subject in a room of such
limited, dimensions, and •he would look most narrowly
'too. He (Mr. Law) trusted that- the Jury would look
with. as• misch. caution-upon the conduct of the authofi
titles of Antwerp, who, he contended, were not able to
clothe any men with such a right as the plaintiff-Claimed'
in• this ease.
TheItIICOADEW said there was-no Judge whose deci-
sions were-deserving of more respect than Lord Ellen-
borough ; but theinstance just cited had no reference
to-the question-before the Jory.
The documents were then admitted in evidence. They
stated, that-in•May,lBls,Joseph Hozai, having stopped
payment, was adjudged to be a bankrupt, and that Mr.
Benhayen-was-appeinted.approver for the benefit of the
etre& •
ism Aftie tug ler Abe plaintiff.
Mr. LAW then rose for the defendant. He observed,

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that whatw*s calhxl a but-ropey was *Failure quite
distinct from a bankruptcy—that there was no identit)
proved as to the person who was charged with having
been declared, by what were called the authorities of
, Antwerp, a bankrupt : and he contended that his client
must receive a verdict upon these grounds as well as
upon the fact of the want of proof that the bankrupt
laws of Antwerp divested bankrupts of property Which
might have been obtained after bankruptcy.
The RECORDER, in addressing the Jury, said, that ex-
cept they could say upon their oaths that they believed
the 'efendant was not the person who became bank-
rupt at Aftwerp, they were bound to find for the plain-
tiff. The defendant, if he was not the bankrupt, was
bound to prove it. •
The Jury consulted for souse time, and
The Itscoanits again addriiied them. He told them thatll' they
found for the approver, the effect would be--
Mr. Law begged to inform the Court that the Jury ought not to
be informed of the effect of their verdict.
The ilacomma said it was his duty to inform them. If they
' found for the approver, he would not immediately come upon the
property, but must bring his action against the garnishees.
The Jury returned a verdict for the defendant.

COURT OF REQUESTS, WHITECHAPEL,

JANUARY 27.

IRON COPYINS.BRIDGMAN b. BALI.
This was a case in which the plaintiff, the well-
known patentee of iron coffins, now carrying on his bu-
siness in the Commercral.road, sought to recover the
sem of 3/. ss. from the defendant, a respectable trades-
man in Shadwell, for the necessary fees paid to the
overseers of that parish, on the interment of the de-
fendant's child, in an iron coffin, on the 22d Oct. last.
The defendant refused payment on the ground that
the fees had been paid without his previous knowledge
and consent, from which circumstance, together with
its being an illegal charge, he considered he was not
liable. These proceedings were instituted as much to
settle the question of the right of parochial officers to
demand the exorbitant charge of fil. 10s. on the inter-
ment of every adult, and half that sum for children, in
bon coffins, as for the money sought to be recovered.
Mr. Ball, on being asked by the Chairman what wee
his objections to paying the demand? stated, that on the
demand being made on him, he memorialized the Lord
Bishop of London and the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, but they individually could do no-
thing for him, and advised him to apply to the Eccle-
siastical Court, where they were sure he would obtain
justice. He accordingly did make the application, and
entered a caveat to try the case ; but the parish officers,
before it came to be tried. involved him in a litigation
with the parish, which obliged him to compromise the
matter with them, by their allowing him 30/. not to
prosecute it.
The Cu AIRMAN interrupted the defendant, by saying,
that the only question for him and the Jury to decide
was, whether the money WAS or was not paid for his use?
and that having been proved by the witnesses, he consi-
dered the plaintiff had a right to recover.
The Jury, after a few minutes deliberation, found a
verdict for the plaintiff, leaving the question of the
ight of the parish officers to enforce the difference of
fees between the common and metal coffins alit stood.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.
ItI3IIOVAL OF PRISONERS.--INFORTA'S 1' TO ATTOR-
EfES.—Since the passing of the Act 5 Geo. IV. consi-
derable difficulty has arisen owing to the ambiguity of
the 13th section thereof; in order to obviate which,
the Court, after mature deliberation, have framed the
following

RULE OF COURT.
" It is ordered, that in every case in which a prisoner shall be
removed for hearing and examinatiem, pursuant to the Act sth
Geo. IV. cap. 61. sect. 15. notice of the time and place of such
hearing and examination shall be given ten days at the least be-
fore the day of hearing, by advertisement in the Loudon Gmette,
and in some Newspaper most usually circulated in the county where
such prisoner is to be heard, which shall be sufficient notice to all
parties, excepting as to those creditors the notices to whom were
sot completed when the Order of the Court for such removal was
,soade • in which case the full notice required by the Rules and Or-
Iders Of the Court must be given to such creditors.
" By the Court."

In addition to the above Rule, the Court has also is-
sued regulations to be obset ved relative to the transfer
of the books, &c. &c. of insolvents who may be re•
moved from London to a country prison•

Accounts from Buenos Ayres, of October 18, say.
"The King of New Zealand has just airiveA here on
his way to England—report says to raise a loan, but
more probably to procure arms an ammunition." A
Buenos Apes paper says he arrived in the English ship
Urania, that he came on board when the ship was at
one of the islands, and insisted on proceeding to Eng-
land, notwithstanding the Captain was opposed to it.
The ship was loading for Liverpool, and the Zealander
ould go in her.
Count APPONG, who was preparing to set out for
London, where he is to fill the post. of Ambassador
from France, has just been commissioned to proceed
immediately to Naples, to compliment King FRANCIS I.
on hi, accession to the throne.
Au lri,h Paper, in a Report of the case of " Cox v.'
Kean," says, that the common Eedeant having opened
the case "in a powerfully eloquent manner," Mr.
Denman replied to kiln at some length.
Andrew Morrison, a freeman in the Goldsmiths
Company, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, who works either as
a journeyman, or by the piece, with Messrs. Reid and
Sontsilversmiths, having bound one of Mr. Reid's sons
to him to learn hit business, and to obtain the freedom
of Newcastle, the indenture was regularly tendered,
with 31. the ordinary fee for enrolment, at the' last
August meeting. The Company refused to enrol it,
alleging that a journeyman could not legally take an
apprentice) but Morrison being of a different opinion,
employed a respectable solicitor) who prepared affida-
vits of the facts, setting forth that he was a free meet-
ing brother, that he had taken an apprentice, that the
indenture had been duly executed, and tendered in the
usual manner. Upon these affidavits, Mr. BROUGHAM
moved the Court of King's Bench, in Michaelmas
Term last for, and obtained, a rule nisi for a mandamuszt
directed to the Wardens or Stewards of the Gold-
smiths' Company, to shew cause why they should no
enrol such indenture, which rule was enlarged till the
first day of the present Hilary Term.—The Stewards,
however, thought it prudent to enrol the apprentice on
Friday last, without waiting either to shew cause, or
to be compelled by the mandamus.—What adds greatly
to the importance of this case as a precedent is, that at
the suggestion of his professional adviser, Morrison re-
fused toaythe customary fee of Si. which he had be.
fore proffered, and obliged them to enrol his apprentice
on payment of half a crown, under,the statute the 2.2 ti
of Henry VIII.

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