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London, England, 1821-07-13 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT or KING'S BENCH, JULY iv-
WRIGHT V. BROWN.
This was an action for the price of a pair of bel-
lows: the claim was £2O. The defence was two-
fold—first, that there was a hole in the bellows ; and,
next, that they were bought, not of the plaintiff,
but of his father.
Mr. SCARLETT contended, that the plaintiff's bel-
lows would just hold breath enough to blow his case
cut of Court. The machines had, in fact, been bought
upon special contract: they had been warranted
scund, and they had turned out broken-winded.
The Cuter JUSTICE said; that if the plaintiff had
given an assurance to the defendant, that these bel.
lows were fit for immediate usa, and that they be-
lieved from the evidence that they were not fit for
immediate use, then they would find their verdict for
the defendant ; if, on the contrary, tify ihought that
the plaintiff had merely expressed his own conscien-
tious opinion on the condition of the bellows, then
their verdict would be for the plaintiff.
The Jury, after hearing witnesses on both sides,
((mud a verdict for the defendant.
COURT OF CMIDION PLEAS, JULY 12.
The Sittings after Trinity Term commenced in this
Coui t to. day. The only cause tried was the following:
KENNISTON V. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.

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This was an issue from Chancery to trj what has as to the matter of freight—as to whether this Court
herr. the annual value, to let, of certain All citruses had diction over it, freight not being included
belonging to the defendants, in Cutlet's-street, and in the hypothecation of the bond.
Haydon-square, from the year 1804 to 1820, with a Dr. ADAMS apprehended that there could be no
view to ascertaining the am.) ,nt of the plaintiff's doubt as to the jurisdiction of the Court over freight;
claim to certain lay-tithes, which are the subject of and contended that complete justice—and nothing
.a suit at equity between the parties. Several. Sur- more than justice—would be done by bringing in the
vcyors were called and examined at both sides ; : freight in this case accordingly. It was, in his opis
those for the plaintiff estimating the premises in nion, as much liable, as if its- hypothecation in the
question at about £lO,OOO a•year ; and those for the bond had been express.
defendants at about £5,000. Dr. JENNER argued against the jurisdiction of the
The Jur y found their value to be £9,000 a-year. Court, in this case, over the freight.
HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, JULY lit. Dr. LOSHINOTON shortly replied, and
CAPTURE Or PALIIVIANO.
The COURT exexpressed itself satisfied that his client's
The Km's ADVOCATE stated, that this was an
application to the Court to condemn certain pro- bond must, in any case, avail ; as to the matter of
bringing in the freight or exempting it, which seemed
perry (stated in detail,in a schedule given in); which
property was taken in Palembang, in the East In-
to be here the principal question at issue, it would
dies, in Match, 1812, in donsequence of certain hos-
take
time to consider the case of the Gratitudine
tilities committed by the Sultan of Palembang against °5fore it delivered its opinion. •
his Britannic Majesty's flag in the Island of Sumatra. CAPTURE OF TARRAGONA.
This territory was captured by a conjoint expedition This was an amicable suit between the two Noble
of sea and land forces. The only doubt upon the Commanders (Lord Exmouth; nd Lord W. Bentinck)
case was, whether this property could be considered to try the question of distribution, joint or separate.
as so captured by a conjoint expedition of his Ma. Sir W. SCOTT, in giving judgment, observed, that
jesty's naval and military forces, or in any other the construction o.f his Majesty s original warrant to
way which could be recognized by the Authorities Admiral Lord Viscount Exmouth and Lieutenant-
here ; inasmuch as the Eland of Java, of which General Lord Wm. Bentinck, was, that they should
Palembang . was a dependency, had been taken by be co-trustees for the sum of £31,531, and jointly
the British in 1811, and placed, as he believed, in make distribution of such monies to the sea and land
the hands of the East India Company. This defec- forces under their command. Because these two dic-
tion of the Sultan's took place in the following spring; tinguished persons had devolved the trust imposed
and the question %sac, whether the matter did not on them by the royal warrant, each nominating his
rather come within the scope of the East India Corn- separate agent (a practice which, however frequent,
pany's Charter? The interval, however, between was perhaps not strictly correct), it did not follow
The cessation of the regular hostilities against the that there was to be, in reality, any severance of the
Dutch power in these quarters, and this 'defection, 'joint trust originally confided to them. On the con-
was very short ; and his Majesty's forces were called trary, the trust must be held to be of the same cha-
llis to repress that defection. Since the institution of rater through all its devolutions ; and the Court was
11.4 suit, notice had been given to the East India therefore of opinion that the distribution should be
Company, in order that they might make any claim made jointly to the land and sea forces, by the sub-
which they should think proper, and they now de- stituted agents, and not separately and severally to
dared that they disclaimed all interest in the mat- the military and to the naval force employed upon
err otherwise than as Agents for Government. Go- this occasion.
vernrnent felt very desirous that the question should The claim of Lord William Bentinck's agent is
he relented to the High Court of Admiralty for its thus disallowed.
eecision. His Majesty's Advocate, in conclusion, COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JUNE ;t.
übmined, that as his Majesty's forces had been A cause was this day decided in favtur of the
called in so soon after thE nominal reduction of the Crown against the owner of a vessel, which sailed
1 land, to repress this defection, it was to be con- from Liverpool in the year 1819, with 120 passen-
!..dered as a conjoint expedition by sea and land ; gers for South America, to join the Spanish Patriots,
that no opposition was offered to the present applica- more than the Act of Parliament allows. The penalty
ton; and that as the East India Company considered for each person, over and above the number allowed,
this defection as one growing out of the Sultan's at. being £5O, the full penalty to be recovered by the
t..chment to the former Dutch Authorities resident Crown amounts to the large sum of £6,000. On the,
At Palembang, they conceived there existed a bond trial it appeared that the vessel sailed from Liver-
cf union between the two events. With regard to pool with her proper complement of passengers and
4e property itself there was AR affidavit of Major seamen ; but that, in the night time, the extra num-
Thorne, in which it was described as the bona fide her in question were put on board the vessel, while
property of the Sultan of Palembang. she was under sail. The case was furt.Ziggraoated
The affidavit was here read : it contained a lon
and whimsical enumeratioD of the Sultan's spoils by the men having been engaged fr relatid for
the service of the Independents in South America;
and furniture. These consisted of brass armoury, and that there was not even a sufficiency of provi-
blue earthenware, chintz, salampores, tin pots, gold dons taken out for the supply of so great a number
and silver, blue serge, Malay shovels, and an im- of people, who revere, when they lanued at the first
',sense variety of implements and manufactures in port, Tobago, almost in a starving condition.
'copper, crass, and other metals.
Sir WILLIAM SCOTT.—" Is there any coastal of WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.
their value ?" These Sessions commenced yesterday, before Mr.
Dr. LUSHINGTONA-44 Somewhere about #.30.000." CONST.•the Chairman, and a full Bench-of Magistrates.
Sir %s lia.lAM Scorn.—" The East India Corn- William Archer was found guilty upon two indict-
',any make no opposition then ?" ments, for assaulting two female childien, the one
The Kiso's AnvocaTa•—• Nu, Sir; they disclaim five years and a half, and the other seven years old.
arty interest of their own; whereas in any other kind Mr. ALLEY said there were five other indictments

against him, and he would inform the Court to-rnor-. ,
row whether he should offer evidence upon them.
Mr. ALLEY, in the course of the day, moved the
Court to discharge the recognizance-of a tradesman
who had been bound over to prosecute two persons
for felony at the la,t Session. The affidavit of the
applicant stated that he was i s attendance the first
day of the Sessions until the Afternoon, wiser. the con-
stable who was concerned told him he might go
home, and come again the next morning, for the trial
could not take place that day. When he came the
next morning, he learned, to his great surprise, that
the trial was called on after he left the Court, that
the prisoners were acquitted for want of evidence,
and that his recognizances were ordered to be estreated.
The Learned CHAIRMAN acceded to the motion,
and said that these things had of late been very often
done by constables, and their conduct could not be
too severely reprobated. He wondered that a consta-
ble should dare to take upon himself the auth pricy
to tell a prosecutor that he might leave the Court a
any time of the day : it was a gross interference with
the course of justice. He hoped there was nothing !
worse than mere imprudence in the matter, but it
was very remarkable that several notorious offenders
had lately escaped being tried in this very way.—
Constables would do well to avoid such practice:
in future.
Mr. ALLEY said, the Judges had repeatedly had
occasion to cemplain of similar conduct, and he knew
that a c• instable sometimes undertook to go before tire
Grand Jury, and, in fact, manufacture the who.e of
the preli,ainary business of a prosecution by himself.
Mr. ADOLPHUS aid, he happened to know that
this was often done. and that the constables had very
substantial rea ons for such a line of conduct.

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Two complaint, of the • same kind were made
against other constable, in the t our,e of the day,

SUMMER ASSIZES.
HON' E CIRCUIT.
Before Mr. Baron Woo. and Mr. Justice Bualown.
Haarroansntar—Thursday, August 2, at Hertford.
Esstx—Monday, August 6, at Chelmsford.
Kant—Monday, August 13, at Maidstone.
Suns:a—Saturday, August 18, at Lewes.
Susasy—Thursday, August 23, at Croydon.
NORFOLK CIRCUIT.
turd Chief Justice DALLAS and Mr. Justice R/Clt ARDSOL
Btrennsamsmentax.— •londay, July 30, at Buckingham.
Downswings—Thursday, August 2, at Bedford.
Ilustme.Donsunia—Saturday, August 4, at Huntingdon.
Cranium:imams—Monday, August 6, at Cambridge.
Bcorrotx—Thursday, August 9, at Bury St. Edmund's.
Noarout-51ontlay, August 13, at the Castle of Norwich.
Cor or Noumea—Same day, at the Guildhall, Norwich.
MIDLAND CIRCUIT.
Lord Chief Baron Itscormins and Mr. Justice PASS.
Noarnaxrrottustaa—Tuesday, July 31, at Northamyton.
RurLano—Friday, August 3, at Oakum.
iy, August 4, at Lincoln Castle.
la day, at Lincoln.
Norrutssuassniat —Thursday, August 9, at Nottingham.
Town ur Norm:Gnaw—Same day, at the Town of ditt.a.
Daubs-wont—Saturday, Augnst 11, at Derby.
Laumsreasniaa—Weduesday, August 15, at Leicester Cattle,
Boatman or Laacesraa--Sanie day, at Borough of ditto.
CITY or Covverar—Saturday, August 18, at Coventry.
Wasavnciantatt—Same day, at Warwick.

Cllr or

were examining the lace, in order to f. U:t themceive,,
ale perceived the prisoner Harrigan privately with.
draw from the box three car of lace at separate
times, and drop them t, • • the lap of het
nion, who•was sitting in A cnair at the counte ch,,e
by her, and communicated the fact, unobserved by the
prisoners, to Wm. Cocklestone, one of the sho, men.
William Cocklestone said, that on receiving this
formation he immediately seined Fart, anticharged
' her with having the property. This, however, she
denied ; but he felt, while holding her, the cards of
Lice under her arm. She tried several times to drop
them, but he kept her arms close to her side, and
thereby revented I,er. Both the prisoners were taken
into a back room, when the three cards of lace were
taken from Mary Hart. No property was found npoi
Harrigan, but the testimony of Miss Watson was
positive that she had removed the property and car..
veyed it to Hart. Hart said nothing in her defence!
but Harrigan declared she knew nothing of her corn.
panion but as a neighbour ; that she requested her to
go with her to Luy some lace for a child's cap, that
the removal of the pi °perry was quite accidental, and
that she must have brushed it off the counter with he,
elbow. The value of the lace was state.. at £10...r
Both the prisoners were fully committed for trial.
MunoLa.—Last week the following dreadful ca.
tastrophe, took place near Enfield :—A lumber a
hay-makers were at work in a field belonging to a
Mr. Price, when a dispute arose between J. Richard.
son and C. Johnson, in consequence of the former
charging the latter with not having done so much
work as himself; when Johnson took up his scythe,
and exclaimed, " I will cut your b--y legs off;'
and then in saved ith his scythe in the same manner
as he would if cutting a swarthe of grass, apirat
the thighs of Richardson. The instrument cut
through the flesh, sinews, and arteries, and Richard-
son feil on the ground, exclaiming, " Oh, Goo! You
rascal, Johnson, you have murdered me." A surgeon
was fetched from Bat net, but in a very few hours the
poor fellow expired. While Richardson las in the
field, :Johnson said to one of his fell .w-labourers,
" Do you mean to keep me here t. be hung ?" The
man .replied, " You must wait the event ;" but while
he was rendering assistance to Richardson, Johnsoa
got off, and has not since been heard of —An Inluen
sat n the body, and the Jury returned a veruict tf
Wilful Murder against Johnson.
CHILD Mc anat.—Tuesday night, about twelve o'clock, as Mr.
Ilyam, of Wild-street, Lincoln's lumtelds, was entering Lit
passage, be found a bundle tied up tightly with a .tringond rs
vered with blood. Thinking it was a bundle of meat whisk
somebody had left there, he took it up to his room, when, us
opening it, he found the dead body of a child. Bartlett, a
' treadle, was sent tor, and he conveyed it to St. Guts', work.
house fur a Coroner's Inquest.

OX FORD CIRCUIT.
Lord Chief Justice AIIIOIT and Sir WILLIAM C...ar.ow.
Bearmtars—Wednesday, August 1, at Abingdon.
•Saturday. August 4, at Oxford.
ta—Wednesday, August s, at Worcester.
trraw—Same day.
Guavettaarasutax--Saturday, August 11, at Gloucester.
eter or GLOUCErtra....S.IITe day.
hloswonauwitaw—Saturday, August 18, at Monmouth.
Henaroansanaz—Tuesday, August 21, at Hereford.
Swaorsataa—Tuesday, August 28, at Shrewsbury.
Smirroansinax—Saturday, September 1, at Stafford.
WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Mr. Baron GRAHAM and Mr. Justice BCST.
Sormtwerox--Monday, July 30, at Winchester Castle.
Wn.xwataa--Saturday, August 4, at New Sarum.
Doaseasunsa—Wednesday, August 8, at Dorchester.
Devotion:az—Saturday, August 11, at the Castle of Exeter..
Cery AND COUNTY or Ear:ea—Same day, at the Guildhall of
the City of Exeter.
COZOWALL—Monday, August 20, at Bodmin.
Somaasessular—Saturday, August 25, at Bridgewater.
Orr /M Couwer or Batsrot.--Monday, September 5, at the
Guildhall of the City of Bristol.

Woacesrcr.
Orr or WI

FlRE.—Shortly after nine o'clock last night, a fire
broke out in the house of Mr. CLARK, furniture.
broker, on Clerkenwell-grcen, and in less than half
an hour the premises were completely destroyed.—
Every effort was made to save the adjoining house;
but 'wing to a scarcity of water, all exertion proved
fruitless, and it speedily became enveloped in flame;
which communicatitz in a few minutes with .t
hotise, presented %most awful scene. A gang of
about thirty ruffians added greatly to the cm :fusion
that prevailed.
NEW SOUTH WALES.—A letter from Sydney, dai
January 20, says:
"A curious visitation has lately manifested it,eifis
the town of Sydney ; innumerable deaths have taken
place among the geese, tin tries, ducks, to.:. I aid
pigs. In some vaids from five to twenty Mk' thirty
fowls, quite well in the evening, have deco found
dead the following morning; the only intimation
given of approaching death being a giddiness, at-
tended with 'weakness. The pigs .tre suddenly seized
with a compl ,intsimilar to the staffmers, and die al.
most immediately after."
To CORE A Flux.—Take infusion of Senna, sit
ounces ; Electuary of Scammcmy, two ounces; Tinc-
ture of Senna, two ounces; mix all well. Let the
patient take two spoonsfull of the above mixture
every second hour (shaking the bottle) until cured.
A discovery has lately been introduced which bids
fair to supersede the necessity of a Dentist : HUDSON'S
BOTANIC TOOTH POWDER is a certain remedy anti pre-
vendee for all Disorders of the Mouth. It not merely cleanses
and beautifies the Teeth, but preserves them from decay to the
latest period of life It makes them white, fastens such as are
Loose, prevents. those decayed growing worse, removes the Tartar
and.cures the Scurvy in the Gums, leaving them firm and of a
healthy redness. It is an antidute for Gnat Biles, Swelled Face,
and that excruciating pain, the Tuoth-ach; and so certain and oa
deviating are its t &as, that there never was an instance ut any per.
son who regularly used it, ever having the Tooth-ach, or a Toot's
decay ; and though so edcacious an antiseptic, it is to innocent
that the contents of a Box miy be swallowed by an infant with-
out any danger. The fallowing Agents are appointed:—fir.
Atkinson, 44, Gerrard-,,trett, Soho-square • Gattie and Pierce,
i 7, Bond-street ; Sanger, 150, Firth, 45, xford-street ;
Ritk-
ards, Strand ; Jones, 50, Fleet-street ; Rigge, 65, Cheapide;
Take 41, and Johnston, Corithill; and by most Medicine
Venders and Perfumers in.the Kingdom; price 21.9 d. a Boa;
sad on taking half a dozen, the Stamps are allowed.

Yesterday the London Police received information
of a gross outrage committed by some smugglers, at
Deal, on two Officers of Excise. The names of the
sufferers are Payne and Smith, and the aggressors
appear to have been extremely numerous. The for-
mer had rendered themselves very obnoxious to the
assailants by their active conduct, and they became
marked objects of vengeance.. ,In the cour e of the
latter part of last week, they were surprised by a
body of armed men, who seized them, and having
stripped them, and tarred and feathered them, pa-
raded them through the public streets in a cart, till
at length they were rescued, half dead, by the Police.
The villains escaped, but several of them are known,
and the officers are in active search for them.

• By the " New Police Act " whick has just passed—
" No shop, room, or place for the sale of, or under
pretence of, selling ready made coffee, tea, or other
liquors, shall be kept open after eleven o'clock at
night, nor opened before four in the morning, be-
tween Lady-day and Michaelmas ; or before six
o'Clock in the morning between Michaelmas and
Lady day ; under penalty of any sum not exceeding
£10: or, for non-payment thereof, imprisonment and
hard labour for any space of time not exceeding three
months. Also,*no person shall blow any horn, or
use any other noisy instrument, for the purvow of
hawking, or selling, or distributing', any article what.
soever, under penalty of any sum not exceeding 10s.
or upon non-payment thereof, imprisonment for any
time not exceeding ten days.
Bow•STßElT.—Yesterday a woman of the name of
Lazarus, who keeps a house in Marquis-court, v, is
brought to the Office charged with ill•treating a girl'
who lodged in her house, and by whose evidence it I
appeared that the prisoner kept a house of ill fame :
the girl paid her three guineas a week for board and
lodging! The Magistrate ordered the Vestry Clerk
of the Parish to be sent for, in order to prosecute
Mrs. Lazarus.
GUILDHALL..—Two females, of
decent appearance, who gave their names Catherine
Harrigan and Mary Hart, underwent an examination
before Mr. Alderman S 11 it, charged with shoplifting
at Messrs. Todds and Co. haberdashers, Fore-street.
Miss Watson, one of the shopwomen, stated, that the
prisoners came into the shop at about half-past two
in the afternoon, and purchased a small quantity of
Persian. They theil de%ireJ to look at some lace,
which she accordingly skewed them ; and, after view-
ing the contents of two boxes, at length purchased
. three quarters of a yard, During the tin:: that they