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access to the interior of the house, the could have,; husband's clothes. In the meantime she advanced
adopted no better means thlii those which they se- the prisoner el. 17s. 61 which he:said he wanted foe
lected ; but if they had had *ccesi, the object might immediate use, with an undertaking that theremain,
have been effected by a series of needles. It would der was paid when the parties were bailed. The pri.
son
have been absurd, however, as the expense, would be er afterwards put her off with excuses ;no bait
several times greater than the building of.the chim- was ever obtained.
nies. He gave the Birds a high
who said that the character as pencil-1 The next witness was Buckeridge, an officer,
i . prisoner came to him about get.
cal judges. Mr. Inwood, an architect, and' Mr. Jan-
son, the surveyor of the Commissioners of Sewers in ting bail-for the two men, and offered him a potted
, iif he would pass two persons as bail. The witness re.
Kent and Surrey, gave similar evidence.
The Jury, after the SOLICITOR-GENERAL had re, ; fused to take the money, and then found that the two
plied, informed the Lord Chief Justice, that if in point men proposed by him were men of straw.
of law the Commissioners were bound to shore up I The CHAIRMAN here observed, that the prisenra
premises approached by their works, they would not . could not be convicted of obtaining money undo false
trouble him to recapitulate the evidence. I pretences, because he did try to bail the parties, and
The LORD CHisr Juortce replied, that the opinion . for that purpose offered a bribe to the officer, which
of the Court of King's Bench, taken in this very trans- the latter, faithful to his trust, very properly rejected;
1
action, had decided that the Commissioners were but if the prisoner had been indicted for fraud, the
bound to take due precautions against the effects of case might very.properly go to the Jury. The prisonet
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their proceedings. was accordingly Acquitted.
The Jury, without hesitation, found a verdict for George Lines was found guilty of receiving a tylis .
the plaintiff—Damages 070. , lock and powder-flask from a little boy, knoiv;o:.
THE KING V. COLLINS AND MILLS. them to be stolen ; and sentenced to three moutlt
While the last case was proceeding, hard labour in the House of Correction.
Mr. SCA aLETT begged leave to mention this case. John Macdonnell and Margaret Dodd were indicted
It is the indictment against two Magistrates of Mid- for assaulting Mary Condon.
dlesex and the late Sir Nathaniel Conant, for aeon-re
The prosecutrix, an unmarried young woman.,
Listspiracy to refuse a publican's license, on the List count native of Ireland, said, that on the 17th of At u:t
she was at her lodging in Bromley, Middlesex, ..shete
of which the defendants were convicted, but obtained
she got her living by working in potatoe fields. Tire
a new trial. The Learned Counsel obset ved, that it
stood especially appointed for to-morrow, and he had woman prisoner let out lodgings, and nic.lonn,'ll
reserved this evening for giving it the full consider a. lodged with her. Previous to the day in que.ion :he
lion which its importance demanded ; but he now woman shoved her into a ditch without any 1.1,:o-
-feared that he should be detained so late in Court as cation. On the 17th of August M. Dodd called her
to be unable to perform this duty ; and therefore he many names, and pulled her by the hair of the head.
was desirous that it should be postponed till Monday. The man joined her, and they both pulled the linen
The LORD. CHIEF JUSTICE expressed his readiness oft her back.
to take the case on any day on which the Counsel on The CHAIRMAN asked the witness how the affray
both sides could agree. began ?—She answered,.that she could not tell either
It was finally determined that it should not b:
. the beginning or end of it; and her account was al.
taken to-morrow, but it was not peremptorily fixed together very confused and unsatisfactory.
for Monday next. Mrs. Dodd, who, as well as.her fellow-prisoner,
PALACE COURT, DECENIBER 13. was Irish, told a long; story about the abusive la::.
image by which Miss Condon had- been in the likt
ELIZA HALL 'v. JOSEPH FORD.'
The plaintiff is mistress of a btrarding-school, ;it of assailing her ; her attempts to alienate the affec-
tions of her husband ; her keeping company with a
Tavistock-place, the defendant is an architect and
surveyor, residing in Archibald-place, and he placed young man who had robbed her (the prisoner) of a
handkerchief, Stc. &c.
his daughter at the plaintiff's seminary, for. instruc-
The other risoner,
tion in English, French, music, dancing, &c. She Condon,
Macdonrell, declared that MA
Condon, whenever she came home from working in
continued under the plaintiff's care for five years, and the fields, used always to. be kicking up rotes, and
tile defendant paid regularly till last July, when after ..tbusing Mt s. Dodd ; and that when those two /tidies
having remained six weeks of that quarter, he took were fighting and pulling each other by the hair, he
her away without giving any previous notice, and did no more than separate them.
for that this action was brought to recover El 10s.
The CH A IRM AN left it to the Jury to find their way
for the whole quarter, through this ma%s of contradictions and blunder. Js
Mr. Tuesstote, for the plaintiff, contended, that well as they could. Verdict—..,tGuilfy.
.
it was the usual I,tactice in all cases, when a notice •The CHAIRMAN.—" 1 desire that none of you will
was not given for the removal of a pupil from school, come here again : if you do you will be ruined."
to charge fur the whole quarter, year, or as might -----_..
be agreed upon, according to the regulation of the
establishment.

The sister of the plaintiff was called, and she
proved being the bearer of a letter to the defendant,
shortly after the young Lady had been taken hon.)
school. She had not seen the defendant on that oc-
casion, but she left the letter. When she called a
second time she saw him ; he promised to pay her,
and intended calling at Miss Hall's house, with the
money, but instead of that, a young man called, and
made a demand for £2 10s.—an alleged charge for
the surveying of Miss Hall's house, to which he had
not the least pretence.
Mr. MESSMER explained, that this was a set-off
against Miss Hall's claim. The fact was, that at the
time she removed to Tavistockplace, she told Mr.
Ford to look at the house, but gave him no instruc-
tions to survey it. This was in the year 1820, and
he Hever made any charge till he discovered this
action was commenced.
Mr. MalloLEs, for the defendant, observed, Mr.
Ford was too respectable to dispute any reasonable
claim upon him. The fact was, that he was regu-
larly employed to suivey it, and discovered many
broken windows. It was a £7O rent house, and he
lowered that sum to £25. His regular charge would
be £5; but having made a tender, he now claimed
to set off only £2 10s. that being the balance against
Miss Hall's bill.

NEWGATEann LEA DEN H A LI. M Altli ETS, 13.
(By the Carcase.)
Beef ...........Is sd to Od I Veal
Mutton.. os cd to 2s tid Pork 2s 4d to 3s 3.1

PRICES or HA V ANDS.
ST. JAMESS.
thy 31 Os od to 41 Os Od
Straw 1110. 04 to SI 2s Od
Clover 31 Ss 041 to 41 4s 04

PRICE or TALLOW,
Town Tallow ' 41s 64
Yellow Russia 42 6d
White dittos Os Od
Soap ditto

Melting Stuff... ..... ... 325 Ocf

PRICE OF CANDLES—I
Candles, per doz. 95 Od-11
allowed for

The Learned Counsel called Mr. Ford, jun. who
endeavoured to prove that an actual engagement for
surveying the house was made between Miss Hall
and his father, but after a long examination he failed.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1.:4 10s.
SMITH V. OSBOURN.
This action was brought by an apothecary against
the defendant, who was foreman to a tailor, for me-
dicines and attendance furnished to the defendant.—
The defence was, that the defendant's employer was
considered responsible; that the plaintiff sent him a
bill, but finding he was declared a bankrupt, and was
unable to furnish clothes to the plaintiff' according to
agreement to liquidate his claim, he sued the de-
fendant.—The Jury found a verdict for the defendant.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, DECEMBER 13.
John Wilson was tried upon one out of seven in-
dictments, that had been found against him for ob-
taining goods under fraudulent pretences. The pro.
secutor in this indictment was Mr. Crouch, a hatter,
in Holborn, who said that the prisoner came to him,
and obtained several hats on pretence that they were
for Mr. Bailey, a hatter, in Shoreditch, whose ser-
vant he represented himself to be. It appeared that
the prisoner had formerly lived as servant with Mr.
Bailey, but was not in his service at the time of the
transaction in question. He was found Guilty, and
sentenced to be transported for seven years.
John Ducktvottli was indicted for fraudulently re-
ceiving, from a poorwoman, a sum of money under a
false pretence, in order to obtain bail for her husband.
Judith Foy, the prosecutrix, said her husband, Pa-
trick Foy, and another man named Lines, were in
prison for an assault; and that making many inef-
fectual efforts to obtain bail for them, the prisoner,
who appeared to be one of those sharp fellows who
prowl about the Courts of Justice for the purpose of
getting jobs of this kind, met the prosecutrix, and
told her he could do the business for her'; but that he
must have money enough for it. After several con-
versations and meetings at a public-house, it was
agreed that he should have £6. He told her, how-
ever, that he wanted some money immediately to fee
the clerk and an officer. She saw her husband and
Lines, both of whom consented to give the LG; the',
former gave her his portion of the money, and she
proceeded to raise the remainder by pawning, kw

rrItIW YESTERDAY.
iIITECIIA P&L.
Hay— 31 6s to 41 Os Od
Straw II 6s to li la
(lover 31 lOs to 41 Ss (.3

SOAP, &c. per 112/b.
Ditto rough
Yellow Soap -t:s
Mottled ...
Curd ... ........
Palm ..... ....... ......

From Tallow Chandlers' Hall.
I oulds, 10s •6d; 6d. per dozen
ready money.

COAL MARKET, DEC. 13.

Adales 42s 6tl—Burtlon 43- 3d—Dean's Primrose 41c—
Heaton 44% 6d— liebburn Main 44s 9.l—KiLingwortli 4.35—01 d
Walker 42s—Percy 112.ust 39s 6d—PeLiw Maii; Cd—Pontop
Windsor's 42s Gd—Tanfield Moor 47i—Wylatn 43s 6d— Walls.
end Bewicke 43s 6d—W.llsend Brown 44s 3d—Wal-end Rua.
sell 46s 61—Wallsend Nortlimobtrland 44s 6d— Wallst:nd Rid-
dell 45s 61—Witikend Walker 465. _