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London, England, 1816-03-14 00:00:00

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ThOpetweot Duh • • , moos his soceestlon to tie is • ,
raped owe ofVial:wherry, ght reductions of leases, oaf,
being erreWhey to the 'Mail; and the Executors of the late Mao!
of Queensberry brought an action of general deciiraww, for be"—
log it found that the ipte Doke bad full power to grant these
• • haws cud tilt they we valid and eifectoiti to thrtenants.
These actions were brought before I.ord CRAIOIt, 11,111 Lord
Ordinary, is the Outer House, who, without giving a judgment
owiered parties to prepare informations to the lower House, sod
'the muses came, oat the 7th instant, heroes the Loan JOITICZ
• CLIME, Lord BAN NAT Ir )4 11, Lord Chau tut, sad Lard Ana "'RT.'
son, who were dm Judges present. hese all delierod their
roplaons separately at great length. and unanintoosly repelled the
masons for reduction, and eintabled the acclimuar; thweZ ard'
big that the ken to Hyslop, and all ttie hem which beep
granted by the Into Duke of Queensberry upon the Queensberry
East% were valid and elfsctuaL

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ASSIZES. •

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WINCHESTER, MARCH E
EARL OP PORTSMOUTH V. HAWES&
This was an action for a trespau in a covert of the
Naintiff's, called Cowdown Coppice, on the 15th of
November.—The defendant, supported by Mr. Ber-
kman Pina. and Mr. Gitszi.u. rested his defence on a
permission given him by one of the plaintiff's trustees,
in whom it was contended that the legal possession
was vested, but the defence could not be fully sub-
stantiated. The plaintiff, in consideration for the mis:
take, and the high character of the defendant, had
agreed to receive one shilling ; withdraw the action ;
and pay his own costs, provided that a prosecution
for a penalty on one of his keepers should be with-
drawn ; botrAhis being entirely at ihe option of
another person, who did not come forward, the busi
ness, unavoidably, proceeded to trial, by which, not-
withstanding the proposal of Mr. Bunsounr. the
plaintiff's Counsel, for one shilling from the defen-
dant, and the address from Judge GRAHAM, as to
merely auriaa/damages,theJury found a verdict °fa.
EARL OP PORTSMOUTH O. LIIRCIL
This was a similar- avion, wherein a verdict for
one shrilling was taken by consent.

At Hertford Asezes, on Friday, the case of the
Students of the East India College was brought for-
ward, when there was no Bill found against them by
the Grand Jury.
At the same Assizes, on Saturday, the whole day
was occupied by the trial of an action against the
Grand Junction Canal Company, brought by Messrs.
DICIINSION and LONGMAN, to recover 14700 damages,
by a diversion of water from their swo paper mulls,
by means of the canal, for 208 days, between May
and December last (being at the rate of 6d. per
pound, or 10s. the ream, net profit, on the extra quan-
tity which might have been made). The plaintiffs
proved that their establishments, at both mills, amoun-
t!d to Al9o,ooo,and that their net profits were upwards
of 124,000 a year ; and supported their case chiefly
by the opinions of engineers, that the leakages from
the canal Were enormous, and escaped below the bed
of the river, which, for several miles, runs parallel
with, and, occasionally, unites with the canal, above
plaintiffs' mills. They also claimed for Suodays, as
well as other days.—"rhe Canal Company combated
this claim, by the evidence of several eminent engi-
neers, and proved that the head of water in the river
bad not been diminished by the canal ; and particu-
larly so since the erection of a steam engine, in 1807,
which throws up water into that portion of the canal
Which passes parallel with, and is united with the
river above the plaintiffs' mills. This engine was ad-
mitted to have returned, whilst at work, as much
water as escaped through the banks of the canal
pound, opposite the lonia : and it appearing, that for
eleven days, out of the 208 days, the engine had
stopped for repairs, &c. the Jury gave a verdict for
£220, being the profit of 420 a day.—Mr. Justice
BAYLILY charged the Jury not to consider the plain-
tiffs entitled to claim for Sundays, on which da) s the
engine was not worked.
At Northampton Assizes, on Wednesday se'n-
night, came on the trial of the very important cause
between Earl Ferzwu.t.tast, plaintiff, and the Marquis
of Emmen, defendant, respecting certain manorial
rights for which compensation is to be made under
the Act for the enclosure of Borough Fen. After e
trial of eight hours continuance, a verdict was retur-
ned in favour of the Marquis of EXIMER. The ques-
tion involved a property amounting in value to many
thousands of pounds.
At Northampton, last week, three prisoners re-
ceived sentence of death, but were reprieved.
At Buckingham, four were capitally convicted, but
were all reprieved.
At Huntingdon, J. Thorpe, and several others,
were brought up to receive judgment for obstructing
the Commissioners of the Property Tax in the execu-
tion of their duty, at a meeting to hear appeals, held
at St. Ive's. The defendants having expressed sincere
sorrow and contrition for their offence rind most of
them having large famities,ithe Counsellor the prose-
cution did not call for sentence, and the prisoners were
discharged after a suitable admonition from the Judge.
At the Essex Assizes, on Tuesday, John Flower
was capitally convicted for stopping William May,
on the Ist inst. at Oldham. threatening to murder
him, and taking from him five Ss. pieces.—William
Drake and Thomas Whitbread were indicted, the one
for stealing, and the other for receiving, knowing it to
be stolen, several trusses of hay and straw, the pro-
perty of a farmer, at Barnish Ruodiog. The one
prisoner, in this case, was the farmer's servant, and
the other a toll-gate keeper. They were both found
gnilty. The servant was sentenced to two years an-
prisonment, and the receiver to leyearstransportation.

Monday morning James Ms Kean, Antonio Pique,
and Joseph Pique, were executed at Winchester, for
urder.

J. White, a labourer, who was thrown from a :cal.
biding, a few days back, at the works of the Gas.
Light Company, in Peter.street, Westminster, in a
conflict with a bricklayer employed there, died yester-
day morning at the Westminster Infirmary.
Monday se'anight, a girl about six years old, the
daughter of Friend, 'a fisherman of St. Marga-
ret's, Kent, in taking off a kettle of water from the
grate was so dreadfully burned, that she died in a
few rate,
after.
Friday night, about eight o'clock, as. Mr. Boyden,
of Brompton, was passing along the street, be was
struck so violent a blow on the back of the neck, by
a soldier, that he instantly fell speechless, agA died
next day. The soldier is in cumudy.