Star.
London, England, 1826-04-14 00:00:00

COMMON COUNCIL.

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A Court of Common Council was held yesterday at Guildhall,
for general business.
Mr. Thomas and Mr. Parma, lately elected Members of the
Court, were sworn.
Mr. Farm, of the Ward of Bread-street, was appointed a Go-
vernor of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in the room of Mr. Grasow.
The Committee of City Lands presented a Report on the subject
of Bartholoniew Fair, and the several petitions which had been pre-
sented respecting it, in which they recommended, that in future
none of the ground there should be let for the purpose of Shows,
Interludes, and Eabibition of Wild Beasts ; which was read and
agreed to, and refereed to the Committee to be carried into execu-
tion accordingly.
The Committee respecting the Officers and Clerks of the Corpo-
ration presented a Report for making an additional allowance to
the Bailiff of the Borough of Southwark ; and in respect of the
annual charge upon the City's Cash arising from the Magistracy hi
the Borough and the Conipter there, which was read, and agreed

to unanimously.
The same Committee presented a*Roport respecting the nature
and duties of the °lice, er appointment of Collector of the Ground-
age on Colliers and Waterbailiage on Coals in the Port of London.
recommending a person to be appointed to perform the duty, at the
salary of 2004 per annum.
The LORD Pd.fami appointed the 27th inst. for the election.

- LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Wair
GOULSTEIN V. POSE.

Arm 13.

This was an action of slander and libel, tried at the
sittings after last term, when a verdict was found for
the plaintiff, damages 1501. The defendant is'Secre-
tary of a Society calling itself the " Society of Guar-
dians for the Protection of Trade against Sharpers and
Swindlers," and he had published the plaintiff's name
in a monthly list, transmitted to the Members of • that
Society, as a person unfit to be ballotted for a% a
Member thereof; and this was the slander and libel
complained of.
Mr. Caws= now moved in arrest of j dvnent, on the ground
that there was no count in the declaration plicable to the case.
The Court granted a rule NW.
CRIMINAL INFORMA lON.

Mr. TAUNTON moved for a rule to shew cause why
a criminal information should not be filed against the
Rev. Dr John Wool, a Magistrate of the county of
Warwick, for illegally committing a hawker and ped-
lar, named Wand. The circumstances of the case were
these:—Wand applied at the house of a person named
Hewett, residing at Rugby, and offered to sell his wares.
Hewett demanded his License, which Wand at first re.
fuse) to produce, but afterwards offered to shew it,
when Hewett would not look at it, and took him before
Dr. Wool, who was at first about to inflict the penalty
of 101. He then remitted the ppalty by parole, and re.
manded Wand to the custody of the constable, until he
paid the costs and charger.
The Court was of opinion no corruption was shown, but that
Dr. Wool bad acted with too much mercy, and therefore refined
the rule.

IN THE MATTER OP THOMAS lit/SSRL.
The prisoner who was committed to Newgate yesterday Som.
Ins by Mr. Justice Houton, fur gross prevarication and false
swearing was now brought up. •
Mr. Justice Houtoyn made his report. The Learned
Judge said that the prisoner appeared before him to
become bail, yesterday morning in the Bail Court. The
amount of the debt in one action in which he appeared
to bail the :defendant was 1301. and he attempted to
justify to double that sum. In the course of his exami-
nation, by Mr. Comyn, who opposed him, he prevari-
cated very much, and positively swore that he had not
been arrested in the last year. After that he tendered
himself as bail in a second action, and was opposed by
Mr. Chitty, in answer to whose repeated questions he
swore again and again most positively that he had not
been arrested during the last year, nor had he taken
the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors' Act. Mr. Chitty
then cautioned the prisoner that he would be contra-
dicted, because the person who had arrested him was in
Court ; and also the necessary proof to show that be
had taken the benefit of the Lord's Act. Upon this the
prisoner admitted, after some hesitation, that he bad
taken the benefit of the Lord's Act.

When the prisoner was asked whether he had anything to say, he
put in a petition, averting that he bid been so much confused by
Mr. Comyn and Mr. Chitty that be did not knew what he swore,
and that he had no intention to impose upon the Court, for he was
possessed of property worth more than 5,0001.
The Loan GRIEF JUSTICZ after consulting with the
other Judges said, that if the Court could be induced
to believe that the prisoner had been confused, they
might deal leniently with him ; but as it was clear that
had not been the case, and as it was necessary to snake
an example for the purpose of deterring (if possible) in-
solvent persons from trying to impose on the Court,
they felt bound to order that the prisoner be confined in
his Majesty's gaol of Newgate for a period of one month,
for this flagrant contempt of Court.
The prisoner left the Court with evident marks of astonishment
depicted ea hts countenance.

HIGH COURT OF DELEGATES, Amu, 13.

1011SI7 •GAINST WILSOIL •

This was an appeal ftom the Prerogative Court of Canterbury;
and it is remarkable that the suit has lasted upwards of fifty Tsars,
having commenced in 177 g. It was at present in the state of a
process as puma's', and the proctor for the respondent applied to the
Court, to pronounce the appellant in contempt.
The COURT directed the matter to stand over. till next Court
day, in order that he might, if possible, communicate with the
other party.

The Indian Government purchased the Enterprise
steam vessel, lately arrived at Calcutta from England, for 40,0001.
List of ships building, ordered to be built, end repairing, at
Plymouth Dock-yard: •
iiltiLllDlG—Lundon, 110 guns; Cerberus, Circe, Proserpine,
Statira, and Tills, 46; Hyacinth, 18; Reindeer and Rolla, 10.
°avow To as setts—St. Morse. 110 guns; Hindostan, 80 ;
Valiant, 74; Liverpool and Jamaica, S 4; Daphne and Porcupine,
28 ; RaCehorse, 18; Saracen, Savage, Scorpion, and Sealark, 10;
Belzebub, Devastation, and Volcano, -
Rararansa—lmpregnable, 98 guns; Implacable, 76; Dublin
(cutting down to largest elawfrigate), 76.

_ POLICE IN fELLIGENct,
ouitnuAtt:*
Abeam, a middle-iged woman, was *its. flan. et! on the
singular charge :—.ller husband is confined in *bite-
's:roes-street prison for some offence against the *venue laws ; and,
having a little property, be alloswed her its. a week, for herself and
four children. A short time ago she told'her husband that one of
the children had died ; and be being greatly affected, gave her 61.
tbr funeral erpenses. She soon after told •him-of. the death of a
-iiiond child, and again he gave her money. Front some circum-
stances, her husband became suspicious, and asked her the name of
the undertaker, which she gave, but, application being made to
him, he denied all knowledge of either the mother or children: To
the Alderman she admitted that all the four children were alive and
well, and cook an officer to a cellar in Gray's Inn-lane, where she
lived, who bmught.them to their overjoyed father in the prison,
where Mr. Spencer, the Governor, endeavoured to bring about a
reconciliation between the husband and his unfeeling wife.

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