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tAitait AND 011111tR1 O. INATiliti °runs.
.Mr. HART Molted in thlit .talirme tot an order of the
LORD tiiAttreLtAtt *upon 111601Visters and the Tau:
tees of the Opera House: requiring them to sell, or
transfer so much of the funds of the concerns as would
produce the snot of 11400, being the amount of rent
and tate: of half a year of the concern, from a sum
of it 23,000, that tinder the present Bill had been trans:
(erred from the Bank of Messrs. Morland and Co. to
the Accountant General of the Court, to the credit of
this cause. This, said the' Learne3 Counsel, was nrat
the cause of Waters v. Taylor, which was well known
in this Court--tn which. his Lordship replied in the
affirmative, that it was well known to him.--The ap-
plication not being oppised, was granted.

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CO 'ALT OF KING'S BENCH, MARCH s.
THE 11011 SE COMPANY V. CLARK.

This was *traction brought by the plaintiffs against
the defendant, a respectable ship-owner, nominally to
recover the sum of £l5, but in fact to ascertain the
Tight of the Trinity House Company, under their
charter, to demand certain fees from vessels passing
the Goodwin Sands, and 'deriving benefit from the
liglit-houses erected there, and kept up by the Trinity
House Company at a most enormous expence.
On the part of the plaintiffs, several respectable
merchants and ship-owners were called, who stated,
that the shipping interest derived very great advan-
tage from the lights in question.; and that the Charge
made to the deiondant was reasonable in. the extreme.
The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs, dama-
ges MS, subject to a case reserved for the future con-
sideration of the Court.
MARCH 4.—BECKWITII ti. HARDINGL •
This was an action brought by the Rev. Mr. Beck-
with, Rector of the parish of St. Albans, Wood.'
%suet. who brought this action of trespass against the-
defendant for entering his " messuage,' (so the
church was called ift the pleadings) and for defacing
the walls, by fixing monuments without his permis-
'shut. The real questiou tu be decided was, whether
the plaintiff, as the 11,ector,- had or hod not the right
of receiving • certain fees for the erection of monu-
ments, &c. in the church. ; and this depended upon a
further question, in whom the property was by law
vested .? Accoitling to the goneral law of England,
it was admitted to be in the-clergyman ; lfut the' de-
fendant contended that suchfcheral law did not here
apply, inasmuch as by the, custom of London the
property had for timeiritersemorial been in the church-
wardens. He therefore pleaded a licence from them
to put up this monument. The tact was, that a sou
of are of the churchwardens had died, and wishing
that a real marble tablet to his memory should be
flAced in the church, he-had procured the csmsent of
We other churchwardens and of the vestry that it
isfioold be erected, without applying for the leaverot
the plaintiff, the Rector.
Lord ELLENsonsuorr, recognizing the propriety of
the general law of the land which vested the right iu
the ordinary, that no improper erections might be
made, recommended that the facts should be put into
a special case, for the opinion of the Comt of King's
Bench : the question would be whether, supposing
such iptrtictilar custom to exist in the City of Lon-
don, would supersede the general law upon this sub-
ject within the limits of the City

BO EH NI V. WADM N GTO N.
This action was brought to recover in 96, the value
cif bullion committed to the care of the defendant for
,conveyance to Harwich. An extra per centage of
.t.'2 per hundred was paid to have additional care
Laken of the package—but it never reached Harwich.
On the other hand it was endeavoured to be proved,
that all due care was taken of it—that it was placed
where such valuable parcels usually were in the coach
—and tlrAt it was usual when parcels of the kind
were transmitted, for the owners to send a person with
thew, for greater safety.
Lord ELLENBOBOUGH, }Dieter, held. that the de-
.eindant was bound to take care of the package, as he
had received per costar for that purpose.—Verdict
fur plaintiff.

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MANSION•NOCSE. —J. .11(Maker, the driver of a coal
waggon belonging to Mr. Gighorn, was charged by
Genth,rnan of the name of Morgan with inatten—
•ion to has stet:es in driving 13ii waggon. Mr. M.
stated, that es he was passing through Bishupsgate-
street with his horse and chaise, in which was his wife,.
he perceived the waggon approaching without a dri-
ver. He had not time thpull hack before the wheel
came in contact with his chaise, which was overturn.
ed, and his wife and himself dashed upon the flags.
By the assistance of some passengers, however, his
horse, which was very spirited, was secured, and nei-
ther be nor his wife had sustained much •personal in-
jury. Under these circumstances, he was not desirous,
of exacting more from Mr. Gighorn than what the
repairs of his gig "had cost, which was rather mote
than £5.. This Mr. G. had first agreed to pay, but
had since declined so to do ; he had therefore brought
up tae prisoner, and should Mfterwards bring his Action
against Mr. G. the prisousscotas abet 414114410" And
severely reprimanded.
HATTON•G A IlDpi.•.=111171:: men were brought up
yesterday, and underwent an examination, on suspor
cion of robbing the premises of Mr. Fowler, of Ito-
therhiihe, silk-merchant, of a great quantity of rat
i4rid spun silk, to the amount of several hundred
Ip9unds. They were apprehended through d vigir
lance of Hancock, who also disco vered• about £2OO
worth of %%fought silk, worsted in hanks, and other
valuable articles, concealed in the house of one of the
men, who is supposed to be the receiver. The anti-
des found in this man's possession are suspected to
.be part of the stolen property.—The three were com-
mitted for further examkiation.
Man I. 11011OUGH•ST R Michael Barry and Joha
Acatjeld, boys of fourteen years of age, were charged
; with burglariously breaking and entering the dwell-
,ing-honse of Mr. Price, in Earl-street, Seven-Dials,
on the evening of Sunday lag, and stealing therein
RI in money, tiblbs. of sugar, and various other any
tides. The pnscners are part of a St. Giles's gat*
'and they were secured on • this chargeu whilst in 4*
act of f The

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during

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The barbarous murder ti farney, an sktala
reran, in his :80th yeses whd kept a dandier-she
Isiewtowniongville, neat Fenny Stratford, Itsving heti
attended with the most wanton and aggravated citli
etunstantes, the gentlemen of that part of the control
leery properly wrote up to London for a Bow-street
officer to be sent down with all Ossible speed, to
:endeavour to detect the murderers; and Bishop was
'in consequence dispatched thence. From his diligent
enquiries he found it necessary to detain in custody a
young man of the name of John Matthews, a jours
neynsan carpenter, who had been strongly suspected
previous to his arrival. Matthews has undergone
several examinations before the Magistrates of that
distict, and on Monday he underwrpt a final exams
natidn before Mr. Asbfield and MI. Bloomfield, at
the Cock Inn, at ‘Ving, when it appeared that on the
evening of the murder, the 21st of February, :dam
twenty minutes or a quarter before eight o'clock, Mr.
Varney was alive and well in his shop, having served
a boy with.some candles from behind-his counter-*:
A short time after the church dock bad.struck eight
o'clock, a man was passing by Mr. 'Varney's house,
when observing his door open, which was a much
later hour than it was accustomed to he, and hearing
some very distressing groans, which appeared to be
from a man, he was induced to go into the Red Lion
Inn, which is but a few yards distance from Mr.
IVarney's house, where he related what he bad seen
jnd heard. A number of persons in consequence
went with him to M. Vittneo house, when they
found the shop danr open and Mr. Varney most cm-
idly wounded • behind his counter. A surgeon was
sent for with all possible speed, but Mr. Varney ex-
pired in about twenty minutes alter the persons had
entered his house, of the wounds and bruises lie had
received. The surgeon on examining him found that
liehad received severe wounds on Ins nose, under his
eyes, on leis temple, and on his skull, which was beat
in in several parts, ,The wounds appeared to have
been given. with .st'maliet or hammer ; the wounds on
his nose appeared-to have been' given with the claw
Of a large hammer. It was also ascertained that the
house hod been robbed, but to what amount it could
not be then ascertained.
The wader and robbery caused very considerable
alarm in the village among all descriptions of people,
but it was observed that John Matthews did not ap-
pear to take that interest in what had happened as
the generality of the pe.,,ge did, winch was the origi-
nal ground of suspicion against him.. It was proved
that he was the last and only person who was s:.eit
near the deceased's house after the bay had left the
limp, who bought candles of him .itt twenty minutes
or a q.iarter before eight o'clock. Three witnesses
proved lo have seen hirn,close.to the deceased's door
about eight o'cl,:ck, although he denied having; been
act that end of the village during that d i v, or
.night.
One of the witnesses stated, that he had no doubt
blaithews being the man whom he saw close to the
4jeCe4 ced'S door about eight o'clock, and that be called
to him at the time, saying, m Good right, Maw
Matthews," hut received no answer, and he observed
to a friend as to this being an extraordinary circum- '
stance in Ma.thews's coOdoet, as he knew hint ex,
tromely well. Another witness, who saw him claim
~to the deceased\ door, observed to friend, that he'
"had seen that fellow who was to he married the fed*
Sowing morning, meaning John Matthews, skulking'
about the door of the deceased, and had also seen him
in the same situation on the Sunday night previous,
and wondered what he could want there. Matthews
'torus questioned on the subject, but denied being the
man who was at the door of the deceased. He was:,
not able, however, to account fur the last half bout of
his time, which was the time the murder and robbery
were committed, being the period after the boy who
purchat4 the candles of the deceased lett the shop,.
to the time after eight o'clock, when the man was
passing the house, and saw the door open and heard
the groans,
Under these circumstances, it was thought neces-
sary to apprehend him ; and accordingly be was se.
cuied the next day while proceeding to church, whi-
ther he was. going to be married to a lace-maker in
the village. He was detained till the arrival of Bu.
shop, into whose hands he was delivered, and who,
on. searching 'him,. found a canvas bag, containing
295. and also ss. which had.the appearance of being
bad, but which afterwards proved to be the effect of
having been hoarded. There were also found on him
'a bad shilling and a sixpence, which a son-in-law of
the deceased had seen in his possession a few days
before.—Matthews had been out of employ three
`months, and was known to have been in a distressed
'state ; but on the morning after the murder he pur•
chased a wedding-ring, for which he paid in part
right sixpences, which had the appearance of having
been hoarded. He bad also purchased six gallons of
beer, to make merry at his wedding, end had bespoke.
new clothes. Bishop, on searching the house, found
concealed, in different places, 147 seven-shilling
pieces, 7`2 half-guineas, eight guineas, and A'14.7 in
Dank-notes, and silver to the amount of several
iamuds but a tin, cannister is missing, containing
itso in Bank-noted -it it supposed the groans of the
deceased deterred' the assassin from further plunder.
The Surgeon who was called in to the deceased,
after Matthews was in custody, had him taken to the
body of the deceased, and made him put Lis band on
it, which trembled excessively, and when lie exclaim-
ed,o Oh, poor old soul ! poor old man !" &c. •
The weapon that captivated the horrid deed has
not been found yet.
He was filly cwnniittest tn. A y!Lesimrs gaol.

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DIED. _
Monday last, Mr. Int•ph Mtlel, Q.icen-luAre, Livrrpota,
At ?setts., Captain John Stockhani' K.N. He wa.
uptorlt of theihundtrer, 74, At the battle of •I ratalgar, which
Alp he fought on that memorable day, (the
to H.glated oo a Court Martial.)
6MITHI/11P1F.D' MARKET, MARCH 4.
PIA s I OVII or 81b. TO %INK Tor orrAL.
Betf 6,4 d to 71 CI Veal 71 Oil to R. 64
• 114ttettle 711 64 to Us O. P•rlt • 7. od to 84 (id
*eats, 760—•-SIIM 2,2 I(o—Plgs, 250.
•Vetit33 OF HAY ANL) tW IN bMI I rtkie.t.ki.
%WSW/ Ha) Al Oa Fo 0. over 51 24 to GI 30s
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11 124 to 21 La

'av'. 1"V Pi lII*I7CI alirV Pars in 3 c3t' "I IV4 4 54w0 Meadow Hal 41 Oa to A Oil Ckleer 51 (), to GI 30s
id they were secured cc • this charge whilst in the Rqoweii (10 04 to 01 0. I Straw 11 124 to '2l :s
tof committing another felony. The rubbery at —"*"*"7". .^ couN vity MARKETS.
r. I)l4e*ta was effected by getting open a door lead. U6SIIIOOI. Mord, 4..all(heah fvf load El 6 10s to 1112 I ss.
g out irdste.p twig/ to the staircAse int. the shop, garky,per quarter pis &pc. Out; 271 to 345. Beams sea
wing dle' absence of the family. Tip. Mice to 41..- Pi" I" to lithe
.. . rriCII4 the apmealaw week
mt to critpanotp both the priscaserst op ildssuu.purt l' 11=-11"-alr," Mjr" 11,.....iat iabd.to 101 Od. Seam 51. U.
the PrNiertY was foUlid•-°""RftialAag *44.404 4111 i. a& %Idler, IWO" 10e'pet bushel. barley is*. to Na
mill:diet/. alb 1119.11111.1e.p0r. liater. avail It. 114 she WI pitch.