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London, England, 1809-05-30 00:00:00

ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS.

Rev. C. Millard, M.A. formerly of M..gd:ilen College, in this
University, to be Chancellor of the Diocese of Norwich, void by
the resigcation of the Rev. Henry Bathurst.
Rev. Francis Simpson, B. D. Rector of 'Patron Grenville, Dor-
setshirr, and late I'dlow of University College, Oxford, has bean
preferred to a Prebend in the Bristol Cathedral.
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Rev. Henry Bathurst, L1..8. to the Rectory of North Creak,
Norfolk, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Poyotz.
Rev. Thomas Wickham, Prebendary of Salisbury, to the Vica-
rage of Yatton, Somerset, and the Curacy of Vs%..st Knoyle, Wilts,
vacant by the death of the Rev. Henry Hawes.
Rev. E. Smyth, son of Sir William Smyth, Bart. of Hill Hall,
Essex, to the Rectory of Camberwell, Surr•y.
Rev. l'hontas Horncastle Marshall, M. A. to the Vicarage
of Pontefract, Yorkshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. T.
Heron.

Rev. James CArpenter, M.. 1. Fellow of Hertford College, in
Oxford, has been presented by the King, to the. Rectory of Bur-
marsh, in Kent.

'lite Rev. W. W. Holland, A. M. is zppointed by the Dean
and Chapt:c of the Cath. drat Church of Chichester, Yicar of that
Cathedral.

CAMBRIDGE, MAY ts.

The following Geatlemer: were yesterday admitted to derees:
'The Rev. Wm. Alliagton, of St. Peter's Cujege, M. A.
L Loraine Smith, Esq. Christ College, B. C. L.
Messrs. Hemsteil, Mahon, and kiercy, of St. John's; Mr. Flet-
cher, of Christ Coll, ge ; Mr. Pe) ton, of F.manuel ; Mr. Yorke,
of Catherine Flab ; sad Mr. Bury, of Magdalen College; B A.
A dispensation 114% passed the Great Seal, to enable the Rev. B.
Bucker:ldd, M. A. Rector of St. Peter and Paul, Martino, and
Chaplain to the Lari of Ailesbury, to hold the Vicarage of Pre-
shute, Wilts.

The Rev. Edmurd Outrarn, D. D. public Or for of this Dui-
verbity, has been ck•ltated by the Lord Bishop of r.Lichfield to the
Archsleacoory of Derby, anti Preb:•nd of Utrton, in the Cathedral
Church of Litchfield, both v.x.ltcd by the death of the Rev Dr.
Fu'' over.

Mr. Joseph Turner, B. A. of Caitis College, is elected a Fellow
of e.t.a Society.
Mr. Thomas Revile!, of Kir.,:s College, was on Tuesd.sy ad-
r:-haw ul chat Society.

Bow-FAIn Rim—Yesterday 19 of the rioters at
Bow.fair were brought in hackney-coaches before Sir
DANIEL WILLIAMS, at Whitechapel-Hee. Twe've
of the ring-lead<•rs, for the greater part bearing mal-Irs
of the fray in which they had been engaged, were re-
cognised, and committed to Clerkenwell Prison, until
the Surgeons report shall be received respecting the
seventeen persons who were conveyed,severely wound-
ed, to the London Hospital. rive other persons were
discharged, as they could not be identified with the
riot.

Three journeymen hatters were convicted on Thurs-
day at Doncaster, of combining to prevent the employ
of some fellow-workmen, and oidered to be imprison-
ed three months.

Same day, Peter Burton, a journeyman shoemaker,'
was convicted before the Magistrates of Oxford, mid r
the Statute for preventing unlawful combinations of.l
workmen, of decoying John Savage, a journeyman
shoemaker, to leave the employ of his master (Mr.
John Holmes), for the purpose of obtaining an ad-
vance of wages, and was sentenced to be imprisoned
in the jail of the said city, for two calendar months. •
On Satnrday afternoon about three o'clock, when
some of the convicts at Portsmouth had finished their
day's work, twelve of them, recently arrived from
Chelmsford Gaol', attempted to make their escape, by
crossing the mud to Milton Common. Three of them
effected it, seven were taken, and the other two were
shot ; one died very soon after he received the wound,
and the .thefdied about noon on Sunday. The three
which escaped were traced to the Forest of Ben, and
they then had not got their irons off.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT bit KING'S BENCH, MAY Y 7.
Till KING V. IVETTM
This was an indictment fair slanderous words
charged to be spoken against a Mr. Ginner, in his
char ictef as a magistrate of the county of Middlesex.
The defendant Lad been joint Surveyor of the parisk
of Hammersmith; and upon a vestry held at the pa-
rish church, for the election-of new Surveyors, when
several Magistrates were present ; but when Mr.
Girdler was absent, the defendant entered the ves-
try-room, and in a passionate manner asked 44 where
;s Girdler ; why is he not here to meet me face to
face ? he is a coward, a liar, and a scoundrel," or
words to that effect ; and being cautioned by Mr.
Hourson, a Magistrate, that he was speaking thus
of a Justice of the Peace, he replied, he knew he was
a Magistrate, and if he could find stronger expres-
sions against him, he would use them, and again re.
peatedhis former words.
On the part of the defendant, it came out that upon
a former occasion, at the Quarter Session-s, the Pro.
secutor had observed, that the defendant was a mere
nominal surveyor, and a tool to cheat honest people
out of their money. It also appeared that the defen-
dant had executed his duty with fidelity to the parish;
and instead of leaving it in debt, which had been the
constant practice of his predecessors, he had saved to
t'ae parish a considerable sum of money, and no ar-
rears due.

The ATTORNEY GENERAL) for the defendant, con-
tended that the Prosecutor had provoked those slan-
derous invectives against him, by his previous slander
of the .defendant, that the words did not apply to Lim
in his Magisterial capacity, but as the private slan-
derer of a man who had done no more than his duty;
fr.im these premises he argued that the present In-
dictment could not be maintained.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH left it to the Jury to say
whether in their opinion, the slanderous words were
spoken against the Prosecutbr in his character and
capacity of a Magistrate, or otherwise, and the Jury
found a Verdict of—Not Guilty.
MAY 29.--LAW V. HODSON.
This was an action to recover 91. 12s. for a quan.
tity of bricks delivered .by the plaintiff to the defen-
dant. The delivery of the bricks was proved, but the
Counsel for the defendant contended that th 7 were
not of the dinuntiotu required by the Act of Parliament,
and therefore no action could be maintained for their
delivery. It appeared in evidence that they had all
been cast into a mould of right dimensions, but that.
excess of heat had made them shrink in the breadth
to within a quarter of an inch of the size:prescribed,
being eight inches and a half long, and two and a
half thick, but only 84, instead of four inches
broad.—Plaintiff nonsuited.

GREMAINE V. LE CLERC BOIS VALON.
This was an action to recover the sum of Jen for
attendance and for medicines. The plaintiff and de-
fendant are both Emigrant Priests ; the former, in
addition to his Cure, while in France, practised the
curing of certain disorders ; and when he came to
this country administered his friendly aid to his bro-
ther sufferer in the cause of loyalty, and as it was
proved cured him of a complaint. It was also proved
that the defendant had acknowledged that he should
be indebted to the plaintiff :101. if he was made a
whole man. The Jury found a verdict for the plan-
tiff for 420.

• woonwAnn V. MEREDITH.
An action upon an acceptance of the defendant for
X2O. A witness proved that Miss Meredith accepted
the bill while under confinement in the Marshaheat
Prison, at the suit of the plain►.iff.
The defence to the action, as state..' by Mr. GAR
-
now, was this—That the defendant, Miss Meredith,
was one of those unfortunate class of persons who live
by prostitution ; that she lodged in the plaintiff's
house, in the neighbourhood ut Fitzroy-square ; that
she paid two guineas and a half per week for lodgings
—that she run up a bill, then was arrested, thrown in-
to prison, and after remaining there several weeks,
was at length liberated upon accepting this bill, pay-
able on demand. The conditions, -however, upon
which it was given were these : That it was not to
remain in full force if she paid in the first month :if-
ter her discharge 7s. and if she continued after that
to pay 7s. per week, failing to do that she was again
sued. Mr. GAnnow now contended that she was not
liable, because the original contract of debt was vi-
cious.

Two female witnesses were called by name in the
Court and Hall, to shew the terms upon which she
lived, and the- manner in which she got her bread
while living under the plaintiff's roof, but they did
not answer—and the Jury of course found a verdict
for the Plaintiff.

'ELSOX V. FARMER.
An action to recover the snm of £lB 9s. 3d. for
goods sold and • delivered. The question in the case
was, whether the defendant, a respectable Seed-
Merchant in the Borough, had purchased six hundred
weight of Clover Seed of the plaintiff or not ? To
prove the affirmative, a man named Guest was called,
and he swore that he called upon the plaintiff offering
this seed for sale, informing him, that it belonged to
Mr. Nelson, who lived in Islllman-row ; that he
agreed to have it at 60s. per cwt. It was afterwards
s,-nt to the defendant's warehouse, and trucked in by
his servants from the plaintiff's cart. A Bill was,
however, afterwards delivered in to the plaintiff, in
which Guest was made the Creditor.

The defence to the action was, the defendant had
not purchased the goods, that from the first he had
refused to purchase, conce;ving it to have been -stolen.
Several witnesses were called to shew, that the man
named Guest had been taken to Union-hall upon sus-
picion of not having come honestly by the goods, but
afterwards liberated ; that the goods were actually
lying there now; and that he had represented the goods
as belonging to a person near Mitcham, in Surrey.
Lord ELLENBOROMI left the case to the Jury, who
after some consideration, returned a verdict for the'
Defendant.

. Captain BARCLAY will start to perform his task of a
thousand miles in a thousand hours on Thursday next.
He arrived in London from Brighton on Saturday,
and proceeded to Newmarket, where he was to start
this mornin7. • The Captain has trained himself to
short repose for some time, and he is backed at even
to perform his undertaking. His match will «espy
six weeks, and the longest sleep he can poss;bly take at
one time, must not exceed an hour and forty =mutes.