Star.
London, England, 1822-11-05 00:00:00

GILL V. OILL.

This case has also been more than once before our
Readers. The Proctor of Mr. Gill stated, that.. the
.Court having assigned his client to take his wife
home again, and to treat her with due kindness and
affection, he now attended to certify the same before
the Court in the usual way.
The Proctor for the wife submitted that no step of
this sort could be taken until Mr. Gill should have
first been absolved from the contempt which the Court
bad pronounced him to be in, by reason of his not
having complied with the Court's former injunction.
The Proctor for Mr. Gill observed, that that injunc-
tion was for the payment of costs; -and those having
now been paid, which it was the object of the con-
tempt to compel, his client Was surely in a condition
to certify, as prayed.
Sir Joust blscuot.t. said he could non ,beer,the
point ergo-eel in this manner; but :be °
Counsel ea it, if the parties chose:
ALSTON V. D 1 Gam. • • a
' Dr. Losatimoros observed, that for the alotiost

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7ehttitli.° ..t hid
iiilll:Ciatri cof tietat
(Arches) Court had heard and given sentence in the
matter, the costs were taxed at the sum 0f209.1. Bs. 511.
as against Mr. Dagger. fiayment was resisted: a
significant was issued, the party was taken up for con-
tempt, and, under the authority of this Court, com-
.Mitted to prison. The proceedings which had sub-'
-sequently been had elsewhere, the Court *would find
derailed in • 5 I:Wittman, and 'Alder*, p. 794.: It
'appeared in that report, that a motion was made to
.chew cause why Mr.'Dugger. should not be released,
and that that indiViditill was accordingly brought up
by. Habeas Corpus, on the ground that the original
cause was wrongly set forth and deserjbed in thesig-
nant, in virtue of which the commitment had been
made. This objection was held to avail; and by th •
Count of King's Bench, accordingly, the sigNiftarvio
was' quashed. Mr. Dogger was released immedi.
ately;. but the taxed costs being still unpaid his (Dr.'
Lushington's) present 'notion was for a monition against
that person, to compel payment of them. It seemed.
to him, that a step which this Court had a right to en.
force could now be so enforced only by such monition..
Sir JOHN NICHOLL saw two distinct grounds upon
which he could not giant this new monition; the first,
that it was described as an application in the matter
of Alston and_Dugger. But was there any such cause
depending now in this Court?
The Registrar replied in the negative. It had ceased
to stand out ever since 1819. The last proceeding
was this—the contempt was signified.
Sir JOHN NICHOLL—I find then, in the very outset
of this business, that the Court is fhndus qfficio—it
has no such cause before it.

Dr. Lusfituorox apprehended that it would be a
very ink!' ions doctrine to lay down that the Court
was, in this instance, functus (thruio. By the Act of
Parliament which gave the Court the power of im-
prisoning for contempt, it was expressly provided that
no release should take place but on an order of the'
Judge, under the Registrar's signature, purging a
party of his contempt, and certifying his payment of
costs. If, in the present case, the Court was functus
?Sao, in another, a party once committed for con-
tempt might remain in custody for ever; for a Court
that was functus qfficio could make no such order.
Sir Jonn Ntelsott, said, that the next reason for
his not granting a fresh monition was, that the ap-
plication rested merely on the Learned Counsel's own
statement—correct as no doubt that statement was :
but it was not supported by a single affidavit. His
own impression however was strong, that the Court
was here functus officio.
' Dr. Lustintarorr suggested that the Court, by
reason of the very wording of the Act, could not be
so; and.begged to observe on the peculiar hardship
of his client's case, if the Court should ultimately
refuse its monition. This was not a Court of Record,
and he therefore could have no action at law for his
debt, but must lose his £2OO.
The COURT said it would hear the matter, if the
Learned Counsel wished to bring it forward in a more
regular manner.

Quest-SQumit.—Yesterday, Sarah Shipley, a genteel-looking
young woman,was brought before Sir RICILAZD Iltasrue charged
with creating a riot before the house of his Royal Highness the
Duke of York, St. James's. Before the Magistrate she insisted
that the King and the Duke of York wished to see her, but the
servants refused her admission. The Magistrate, after various
interrogatories, finding her to be a lunatic; told her, that if those
great Personages wished to see her, they would write to her,
and on shelving the letter to the servants she would gain admit:
tante; and having learned from her the residence of her brother,
he persuaded her to retire to the Officers' room, and directed
them to send information to him. _ _

J. Raines, a Chelsea out-pensioner, was fully committed for
stealing a pair of trowsers, a shirt, and a razor, tire property of
a fellow pensioner; as was J. Kelly, a dealer in marine stores,
for receiving the two latter articles, knowing them to be stolen.
Ilannx-Gertoint.—J. Franks, who was charged with tutting
and maiming J. Reynolds, as stated in the STAB. yesterday, was
re-examined; when It appeared by the testimony of the com-
plainant's.brother, and a young woman who lodged in his house,
notwithstanding the evidence on the first examination, that he
was the aggressor ; that they had a regular fight, previous to which
he struck the prisoner several times, who- wished to avoid the
contention ; and a Surgeon pronounced complainant's injuries
not to be dangerous. The Magistrate however said, the pri-
soner had evinced so much ferocity, that he should order him
to give twenty-four hours' notice of bail.
Lasszatn-STREET.—A ruffianly fellow, named lriaiant Clark,
was brought up, charged with indecently exposing his person to
some females. The prisoner has been several times in custody,
and punished for offences of this description, and was yesterday
sent to the House of Correction for three months. ..

Samuel Eimer was *aged with brutally ill-treating a horse,
and was ordered to pay a fine of £5; in default ef which he was
sentenced to two months imprisonment.
Umox-Hatt.—Yesterday, a foreigner, named Edward Harris,
was charged with stealing a ring off the finger of Mary Anne
Spencer.—The complainant stated, that she was returning home
to her apartments, in Francis-street, Westminster-road, on Sun-
day night, about eleven o'clock, when the prisoner came tp to
her In the road between the Obelisk and the Marsh-gate, and
said, " My dear, I hope you will let me go home with you."—
The witness refused, and be then took her by the hand, and in
a moment slipped a ring off her little finger. She accused him
of the theft, but he denied it. On his being threatened with
having " watch" called, he took to his heels, but was soon over-
taken by the watchmen. The ring was not found on him. He
was committed for trial. •
DARING ROBBERIES IN BEUFORICSIIIRE.—YeSter.-
dAy information was received at Marlborough-street
Office, by Mr. Plank, the chief officer, of a most
desperate gang of burglars, who have been most suc-
cessful in their depredations at Wootton, Deadman's
Cross, Woburn-toad, Dunstable, Hanchliff, and other
villages distant from London, on the Bedford 'Road.
The gang consisted of several penults, who travelled
in a taxed cart, and generally managed to be near a
village by night; they always came into the place
separately, and met, as it were, by accident. They
acted under the direction of a tnulauo. Within a
short period, the inforniation stated, they had plun4
dere.' several houses and stables, and in one night,
robbed-the houses of Mr. Smith and Mr. Davis, and
also attacked and plundered the dwelling of Mr.
Beard, but the family being disturbed, the robbers
were attacked while committing the burglary by the
servants, and the mulatto.was shot, and'another was
also wounded by a blow of la crow bar, and one,
named 'Linsley, was secured, and lodged iu...Bedriird
Jail. The mulatto and the other wounded man were
assisted off, and although pursued oust ;Lacked by
marks of blood for a considerable distance, .yet they,

. them. was Out
gettiiig clear off, it is supposed,. to London. Ram
litratn,y circumstances, they are suspected to be the per.
*mentors of some very cruel pets, and also of beiwg
,concerned in innumerable burglaries and robberies.
.sled sheep and horse stealing.- .Ebe petty who Ed.
ve
the information is a respectable Gentleman of
rd, and inquiries were directed to be made.
Sunday se'nnight, two young men, and a blooming
female, residing nor 50 miles from Think, took places
in the Edinburgh Mail, to Newcastle, from Newcas-
tle to Carlisle, and from Carlisle to Gretna-Green,
where they arrived about five o'clock in the evening
of Monday ; and where one of the young men and the
fair charmer, after the usual ceremony, joined with
the bracksmith in a hearty laugh at the lolly of that.
British legislation which, as connected with the Mar-
riage Mt; is daily violating the rules of morality.

BIRTHS•
In Dublin, the Lady of the Rev% Arthur Hyde, of a daughter.
Lady Elisabeth Dawson, of a daughter.
Oct. 26, the Lady of Colonel Master, of Winstead, Helder-
nets, of a daughter.
Oct. Se. at Hanby, the Lady of the lion. Miles Stapleton,
of a daughter.
Oct. 27, in Harcourt-street, Dublin, the Baroness Robeck, of
a son -

,3 and heir.
Oct. 49, at the Rectory, liwillington, the Lady of the Re'r. T.
Woodcock, of a son and heir.

1%.1.A It It LED.

Oct. 24, in Dunmanway Chu' ch, Lieut. Lorimer, of the lett
10th Veteran Battalion, to Amelia, only daughter of Frantis
Harris, U.D. of Dunmanway.
Oct. 24, at Hampsthwaite Church, the Rev. Theodore Drury,
Rector of Keighley, to Anne, eldest daughter of John Greenwood,
Esq. of Knowle, near Keighley.
Oct. 22, at Lianddewy Aberarth, John Howell Thomas,Eso,
surgeon, of Lampeter, to Frances Sarah, only *laughter of the
late Captain Street, Ist Dragoon Guards.

PRICES OF GOL'
Foreign Gold in Bars
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New Dollars
Silver, in bars, standard

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Waterford it 0
Guernsey and Jersey 1 0
Lisbon 0 0
Holland 0 1
Leeward lslands 0 0 1

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