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London, England, 1823-02-07 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CITA tiCERY, FEBRUARY 4.
rARQUHARSON V. BA LFOUR.
As soon as the LORD Cu A NC FLLOR came into Court
this morning, he proceeded with hearing a motion
for a Receiver to be appointed on Mr. Balfouesl
\Vest India estate, and that he might be committed
to the fleet prison for not having put in a sufficipt.
answer to certain exceptions taken to his answer.
the Bill filed against him. His Lordship, during ►Tie
hearing, stated; that he had formed an opinion ; but
be would take a further opportunity of revising that
opinion, which at present was, that the answer was
totally insufficient.
INJUNCTION.—PERUVIAN LOAN.
At the rising of the Court the ATTORNEY-GENE-
RA 1. said, he had. a motion to make of a most pressing
nature, namely, for an injunction to restrain inonqy
from being sent out of this country, to what has been
called the Peruvian Government. Individuals have
come to this country in meat haste, and pith high
sounding names, one of them calling himself the
Envoy Extraordinary, and another the Plenipoten-
tiary of the Peruvian Empire, but we say icontinned
the Learned Gentleman) there is no such empire in
existence ; we know not the Peruivian Government.
If, however, there be such, we suppose that it must
belong to Spain;. but it is unknown to us, and Ps a.
,very large sum rf money has been paid into the
hands of Messrs. Everett and Co. bankers in London,
for the purpose of supplying that loan, we pray, on
behalf of the Petitioners, Jones and .others, that they
may he restrained from parting. with such money ;
our appliCation is made on an affidavit of these facts.
His Loanstur —Take your injunction to restrain
them till further orders.
COURT OF KIgG'S•BENCII, FEBRUARY 6.

THF: KING V. TILE VICE-CHANCELLOR OF CAMBRIDGE.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL mentioned this ipleition,
which relates to the admission of a Professor of Mi-
neralogy to lecture in the University of Cambt idge.
The facts and nature of the application came before
the Public some time since.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL intimated that it would
be desirable to have the Rule enlarged till next Term.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.—It may be enlarged if
assented to.
TheSoLtcrron-GENERAL.-.-We are not aware of
the points, and whether the Mandamus will be or npt.
The -Lo no CHIEF JUSTICE.--Your attention • should
be directed to all the points, but until we have heard
the other side,it.would be premature to give an opinion.
Mr. SCA R LETT said he was to support the applies:!
tion for a Mandamus. The other side were to skew
•
cause against the Rule. .
The Cuter JUSTICE.--The other side hive
not concluded. shewing cause against the-Rule. When*
they do, .the Court will point out the topics to which
you ought to direct your attention. If no person
moves to bring it on this Term, we shall not call for it.
The.SOLICITOR!GENIIILAL said he bad not the op-
portunity of consulting gerjeant Lens, . who was also
to argue the question ; but intimated that he would
communicate to the Court whether the Learned Ser.
jeaut would consent to enlargethe Rule or not.
,THE KING V. THE
.REV. W. J. JOLLIES'S, MAYOR
OF PETERSPIELD.
Mr.Gaset.Eg.—Will.your. Lordship permit me to
mention the* case of the king v. Jolliffe, which stands
in your Lordship's paper of new trials, as the first of
the Western Circuit cases ? It is a matter of some
importance, and my Learned Friend Mr. Adam and
I have agreed, with your Lordship's permission, that
it shall stand till the neat Term.
Lord Chief Justice ADBOTT.—Very well, let it be so.
THE KING V. FLINT.
Mr. Tauxvow chewed cause against a Rule ob.
tained by Mr. Pearson for striking Mr. Flint, an At-
torney of the County of Stafford, off the Rolls, on
the ground that be had sued out process while in.
custody for an assault, of which he was found guilty
at the'Sessions. The offence consisted in the con-
ducting a plaint in the County Court, ;tad especially
in suing out and serving a summons. The Learned
Counsel now contended that the case was not within
the Statute, which was an extremely severe one; and
was proceeding to chew that the business was con-
ducted, not by his diem, but by another party during
his imprisonment, when
The COURT expressed their 'feeling that, at all
events, the case was a very hard one, and that, if ul-
timately they should be compelled to decide against
the defendant, it would be with reluctance. As,
therefore, this was the first case which had been
brought forward under a highly. penal law, they
would allow the parties to imparl, and try if they
could not agree on some course which should prevent
the necessity of a decision.
After some delay, this suggestion was acquiesced
in, and the Rule was discharged.
The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE said that the Judges,
now the individual case is-as withdrawn from their
attention, thought it right to declare that they had no
doubt the Statute would extend to proceedings in the
County Court. The Act, though a severe one, was
of great importance to the Public.
THE KING V. ANDERSON. .

Mr. Scnnr.Err shewed cause against a Rule ob-
tained by Mr. Brougham in last Term for a criminal
information against the defendant, who is a tea-
dealer at a village in Cumberland, for sending a let-
ter to Captain BackhOuse,
.designating him as "
cowardly. Incendiary, and. no .gentletnan." The of-
fensive expressions were contained in the postscript to
a notice not to trespass on the defendant's grounds..
The Learned Counsel now entered into a long detail
of the previous disagreements between the' parties,
to which the language complained of had relation,
and further stated that two friends of Captain Back-
bogie had palled on Mr. Anderson with a hostile
message, in consequence of the provocation which he
was supposed to have given. The applicant stated
in his affidavit, that he had consulted his military
friends, and that they advised him he could only ob-
tain proper redress by the `interposition of the Coen
of King's Bench ; but notwithstanding this, the Court
would probably leave him to his ordinary remedies. j
Mr. probably leave him to his ordinary remedies.
Mr. BJtoUqaAM, on the part of Captain Back•
.
hduse, replied; that if his, friends had called On Mr.
Anderson, they had done so without his authority.;
and prayed for time to answer the affidavits put in
on. the part of the defendant.
The LORD Cular.JOrrion said, it was contrary to
the uniform practice of the t:ottrt to allow of any
,affidavits in reply. By discharging the Rate, they

by no means exelutied Captain SiekhWe fro' ob•
taming. redress, ,as he -might- still prefer an indict.,
meat': Sat 'they did not this* tbi • eau seas .4*
Which a pmseention should be instituted under theii.
sanction. They therefore dischargetrthe Rule. •
TUE RING;`. RtVAN.
c•-•
This ,viit a Rule, obtained by Mr. CANfPEELL xt
the.enctserlast Term, calling on Mr. Bevan, a Ma-
gistrate of the county of.liadnor, to spew caul why
a crimindl information should rot he filed against
him. It was then stated that Mr. Amtin, a miller,
who resit Ted in the neighhourhlod of Mr. Bevan; had
a right to clear out a water-course near that gentle-
. man's Imnse, which he had always. exerted.- On the
29th of August last his workmen were so employed,
when Mr. Bevan came and ordered a Constable to
take one of them, named prohert, to the round-
house, where he was kept for several hours in cus-
tody, Mr. Bevan refusing'to take bail. At the Petty
Sessions the man was discharged ; but a few days
after Mr. Bevan ordered the constable to take another,
workman, named Bolton, into custody, and detained
him for the day at a public-house.
Mr. PULLER and Mr. Caoss chewed cause against
the Rule, on affidavits, stating. that the workmen
were proceeding to deepen the channel, so as to en-
danger Mr. Bevan's house ; that a crowd of 100 men
were collected; and that he was assailed with insult-
ing language. Alarmed by these circurmstances, he
had done that which legally he could not justify, and
was most anxious to make compensation to the patties
who had suffered by his error.
Mr. TausTox, for the prosecUtors, rejected all
offers of compromise, and was proceeding to argue
that the conduct of the Magistrate was wholly with-
out excuse, when, -
The Cover stopped him, and made the ruleabsolute.

THE 1:1\G STURGESS.

The Sor.terron-GENERAL moved for the judgment
of the Court on the defendant, who was found guilty
at the last sittings in London of indecently exposing
his person to young females in Moorfields. When
judgment was first moved for, the defendant did not
appear, and was called on his recognizances ; but he
atterwardi came into Court, and the Learned Soli-
citor renewed his motion.
The LORD CH tea JUSTICE read his notes of the trial.
On the part of the defendant his own affidavit was
read, stating that he had a wife and several children
.dependent upon him for support.; and that he was
afflicted with. a complaint in his head, which threat-
ened to deprive him of his eyesight, and sometimes
reduced him to a state in which he was not the master
of his own actions. This statement was corroborated
by the affidavits of several witnesses who had known
the defendant many years, and who had always re-
garded him as a man of unblemished character.
The managing clerk of the mercantile house .in
which he was employed, also stated that he had re-
cently been compelled to take a hurried journey to
Scotland, on business, which had produced a very
sensible effect on his bodily and mental health.
The Judges consulted together for some time; when
The LORD CIIIEF JUSTICE said that there were cit.•
cumstances disclosed in the affidavits which made it
advisable that the Judgment should be postponed till
next Term. The offence was a very serious one, and.
could not be visited by a light judgmen:; but under.
the circumstances disclosed, the Court would direct
the defendant to attend on the second Monday in
11 next Tenn to receive sentence. _

Tire defendant then, and one of his bail, entered-
iri;o recognizances for his appearance, and departed.
CONSISTOItY COURT OF ROCHESTER, f•EB. 6.
BEST AND BEST.
The argument of Counsel in this long•protracted
cause was concluded to-day ; his Majesty's Anvo-1
cArz and Dr. Purwmouz, on the part of Mrs. Best,
having been heard in reply.—Judgment deferred.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.
Before Chief Justice Assort and Sir Wn.riase Oasandr, Kin.
Bucmonamsnitta—Thursday, February 27, at Ayksbury.
Ilzorcanausar—Wednesday, March 5, at Bedford.
Horrnomossaise—Saturday, March 8, at Huntingdon.
CAtaalltiOßlllllßS.—Tuesday, March 11, at Cambridge.
Noarota—Saturday, March 15, at Thetford.
Surrot.2--Friday, March 21, at Bury St. Edmund's.

DEATII BY IMPROPER TREATIJIIIIT.—An Inquest
was held yesterday at the Lion and Still, Drury-lane;
before THOMAS STIRLING, Esq. the Coroner, at the
instance of. the Parochial Officers .of St. Giles's, on
the body of Thomas Browne, whose death was oc-
casioned by improper treatment he received while
being removed. from Northamptonshire to St.Giles's.
Elizabeth Bolton, a nurse in. the twenty-third ward
of St. Giles's Workhouse, said, that the deceased was
a pauper, and had been removed from the country
to St. Giles's between two and three weeks. At the
time he came there he was in .a very bad condition,
and told witness he had come. from Northampton-
shire in the waggon; that he had travelled three days
and three nights, having only one meal per day, with
no stone to cover his feet, and alleged that his death
would be occasioned by riding in the waggon. The
deceased also stated, that he left Northamptonshire
in good health ;. he had no money, but was promised
some when he arrived in London, which. he' never
received. On Monday morning, about a quarter be-
fore seven, the witness observed the deceased going
up stairs, and went to him, when he suddenly sunk
into her arms, apparently dead; he was instantly got
on a bed, but never spoke. Mr. Burgess, the apothe-
cary, was sent for, who attended, and attempted to
• bleed him, but without effect. Thomas Smith, a
eutiper in the same ward as deceased, said, he (de-
ceased) alleged, that his complaint amse from coming
up in the waggon, and having but one meal per day;
he seemed always to dread going to.hed on account
of his death. Witness was close to the deceased when
he died, which happened on Monday last. Mr. Jo-
seph Burgess, apothecary at St. Giles's Workhouse,
said, the deceased was brought in there as a pauper;
he had medicine for his complaint, which was an•al-
fection of the lungs, brought on by cold ; he had also
dropsical swelling in the legs, attended with a dis-
tressing cough, difficulty of breathing, and.much ex-
pectoration, denoting great disease of the lungs: the
cough brought a
.quantity of blood into the vessels of
tilt...face and head : deceased was a very lusty mait,
of plethoric habit, and witness was of opinion lie died
in consequence of apoplexy, whicJs was likely to have
been occasioned by cold. The deceased never hinted-
anything to hini of the manner of being sent from,
Northamptonshire.--:The Jury were of cipittien, that
tilere was a great want of attention to the deceased
oa his journey, and returned their verdict—'• That

Le (Ilea of infiafnmation of the luny, necasioneti be.
:the inclemency of the weather, on a journey when
passed from Aye, in Northampton.hite to

,a
• Sunday afternoon, a htigse scongregation of that
sect, commonly tailed limiters, were assembled int
I)isfine:seofillip in the OrratlieMletrPll,litatess•
when the floor gave way, aed.sbqk & Xll ,psi•
•
-t !tied into the cellar. .Thu ch,presiitcti
self was one of dreadful cOlifdittl.l,f:-.12t.e ctirraftlibse
who were injured Weiediltt4tilwglolll44.lltobetatitas
altssistancebeing obtained,theyllter•ithcvtuaii
difficulty, extricated, *it t!`tisiTo.sela thet a
had been killed, one vow both.herthi4tt.
broken, nine or teas ream had sirstainedilaciaresTaila
many were othertvisd Mitred. •-• They were-cost .
to the Hospital imirnedintely..llrenirichPeper.
Various aontrivaaees home haert 4)ivs ter..tea, .
'eying the nail-flags witlaatrifAnesa and safety to thdr-sev,ers*
destinations, none, however, scent to come an near the pktptits
as. that of employing tke neOly imported animals, the W.aßkep
whose elegance, agility,. fleetruss;. and •atrenrkh, surpasses 7
'known animals of its wise. • Bounding over hid and dale at the
surprising rate Of twenty miles 'within tin; hntir, his il;:cility stab
sagacity exceeds thit.of the horse; so.•pentls.• that. a der.
may guide him. There'is *smelting extremely interestiag is
these animals; they entertain great affection for ore andlitit,
and, when taken' frbm their oomirenions, pine and mourn mat
sadly. In the gloomy and towering wools of le,rth West Ame.
rica, they rove in family groups, rigidly, as it w,sre; keepht
within their respective precincts, never tvespassing epont that
neighbbours. Theie animals are treat ornaments so the sylval
and romantic scenes of 'their resort, passing like an arrow front
out of the umbrageous foliage; then sporting in fancifureir-
cumvolntions over the green and &swery savannas, in all the
buoyancy of hilarity and unconquerable strength; then again
seeking, front a summer's sun, the refreslthr coolness and ga1:...-
cent shade of the majestic forest, which has not, as yet, re.
echoed with the woodman's *needless axe. The swiftness and
strength or these animals have hitherto balled the arts of min
to enslave them ; the Indians have of late years, in some mea-
sure, obtained {his end, by catching some, when mere sucklings,
and training them to carry burthens, &c. It is ascertained that
they are applicable to all the purposes of a horse, except that of
carrying a rider, and can, by kindness. be made as domestic as
the canine species. Those who have been the means of intro.
clueing these beautiful and interesting creatures into Europe-will
add much to the luxury and convenience of man, and an impor-
tant page to natural history. Indeed, we may conclude that
this exhibition at the Egyptian Hall, is one of the most Amin
that we have witnessed for some time.

FUNERAL Or DR. ilorrox.—The remains of this distinguished
individual were removed on Tuesday morning, ab tut I t o'clock,
from his late residence in Bedford-r.)w, for httermvitt in the ft.
mily vault at Charlton, in Kent; the village in wlt,m. churchyard
Mr. Henry Oldenburgh, the first Joint Sc rotary of the Royal
• Society, and original publisher cf the Pitirosiphical '1 ransadiess
was buried. The funeral procestion, which was numerously at.
tende, passed along the Southwark Bridge, and reael:el Chari-
ton soon after one o'clock. The hearse was followed by severti .
mourning-coaches, containing a number of the Doctor's parties.
lar friends; among whom were General Rowley, D.. Kelly,
Major Colby, Dr. Andrews, Mr. Dankl Moore, Dr. Gregory,
Mr. Leyburn, Mr. Rennie and brothers, Mr. Forbes, with other
distinguished scientific characters. The chief mourners um
the Doctor's grandson, Mr. Henry Hutton, and his son indaw,
Captain Wells; and we have heard with regret that his son,
General Hutton, in-preparing to join the procession, was I!i2t4
with a sudden illness, which mu,,t have gre:tly increased his af-
fliction, as preventing him from paying the list 4tlty of filial
affection to Lis venerable and highly honoured falter.
Funtaat. ov Da. Janurn.—The remains of this illustrines ad
excellent character were deposited in the chancel of the ponds
church of Berkeley, on Monday last, at three, r. to. In :slaw
tion rather remote, the concourse of persons, besides. those :Iv
tendant on the ceremony, was Immense; the in.!ications of re-
spect, reverence, and regret, were unequivocally Col3?pizuotti;
every eye Itii Molstened, and every heart oppressed. in thc
ranks of those in the procession with the corpse were Colonel
itierlteley, Colonel Kingscote, Colonel N. Kit gscote, - Kings.
cote, Esq. Captain Jenner, only surviving son of 1)r. hurter;
Dr. Baron, of Gloucester ; Dr. Parry, of Bath, and the writer
Of this tribute • Rev. Dr. Worthington, Rev. Dr. Davis, Rev.
Mr: Halifax, Rev. T. Pruen, Rev. G. Jenner, T. flicks, Esq.
H. Hickes, Esq. ft. Marks, Esq. S. and 11. Jenner, Estps....
11Yers FA+ . Marklove, Esq. Ferryman, Esq. Fusltroake,
Esq. Shrapnelt, PAq. Ihnds, Esq. Sheppard, Esq. -i.
Croorne, Esq. E. Davis, Esq. &c. &c. • I