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JULY 17.-PRACI'IOE Or THE COURT.

The LORD CHANCELLOR was applied to by one of
the Counsel to permit him to oppose a motion which
had unfortunately been heard during his absence in
another Court. Iris Lordship relied, that he cer-
tainly should not, on any pretext whatever, do so.—
He had been repeatedly obliged to rise and leave the
Court on account of the absence of Counsel, who
were found every where else than here. In future
he would not permit thiS Court, which was the high-
est in the country, to be treated in such a manner ;
and 112 now gave notice, that if a motion was to, be
opposed, and those who were to oppose it were not
pre.ent, he would grant the order, with full costs ;
nor would he afterwards discharge such order, ex.
cept on a new motion, and on being satisfied that
'such costs were paid: The Vice-Chancellor, the
Master of the Rolls, and the Court of Exchequer
(said his Lordship) will wait for nobody, and why
am Ito do it? If Counsel have so :nuch business
that they must attend every where, then let them
divide that business, for I shall not wait for a sing
person. I have known three Counsel engaged to op-
pose
a motion, not one of whom have been here.—'
Am I to he told that they are all speaking at one
time before theVice-Chancellor ? Personally I have i
no feeling on the subject, but sitting here as Ford
Chancellor, I am determined I shall not submit any
ielnger to such conduct."

A SINGULAR CASE.
SURGZSSON V. SUROESSON.

Mr. HART stated, this was an application on the
part of the 41ev. Mr. Surgesson, the brother of the
late Colonel Sorgesson, praying that his Lordship
would suspend the allowance of £5OO a year for the
maintenance of Miss Surgesson, a minor, the suppo-
sed legitimate daughter of the late Colonel Surges-
son, on account of her illegitimacy, and that he
would direct an issue to try that question. lie, the
Learned Counsel, had several affidavits in proof of
herillegitimacy4- but he would forbear to state them,
Its it would be better the question should go to the
Jpry unprejudiced. The affidavit of the Rev. appli-
cant set forth, that Colcmel, Surgesson, in the year'
1806, was confined for debt in the Sheriff's prison in
the city of Dublinr and inthe March previous his first
wife' died without issue ; that during his imprison-
ment be became acquainted with the mother of the
infant Ann Crowley, otherwise Atkins, the widow of
a jeurneyman coach-maker, and in a short time after
his being set at liberty he married her at St. Paul's
Church, in the city of Dublin, and the minor was the •
supposed issue of that marriage. That the deponent
in February last, received a letter from a person of
the name of Eleanor Cummings, dated from IS,
Townsend-street, Dublin, stating, that she had been
a servant of his brother's, and that she would corn-
municate something to him that would put .50 or
£lO,OOO in his pocket, if he would come over to Dub-
lin. He employed a Mr. Carman, of French-street,'
Dublin, to see her, and on that Gentleman's interview
with her, he declared the minor was not the daugh-
ter of Colonel Surgesson, or of his wife Anne Crow-
ley, otherwise Atkins ; that the deponent in March
last went to Dublin and saw Eleanor Cummings, who
declared to him that the minor was the illegitimate
daughter of a young worna'n in a low station of life ;'
that the deponent had made inquiries in respect to
the truth of her information, and verily believes it to
be true. He, the Learned Counsel, therefore had no
doubt but his Lordship would grant the application.
.The LORD CIIANCeLLOR—" I think, Mr. Hart, as
Counsel, yoit have used a proper discretion in not
going into the evidence. Il this young Lady has hi-
them been- brought up as a child of the family, I
cannot, without more information., suspend her al- •
lowance or displace her out of the family. I refused
the same kind of application in the case of Mr. Fel.'
lowes, who had lived with a woman, and had three
or four children crammed upon him, which turned
out not to be his. Ile was so fond of being consi-
dered the father of this woman's children, that she
had pi esented him with several, which some other
person had given her !"
Mr. WINGFIELD said, he was certain that when his
Lordship came to examine into the evidence, he
would find that the weight of it Ivies in favour of the
minor's legitimacy.
The LORD CIIANCELLOR—e, There had better not
be any thing more said on the subject now. .Let the
motion stand over, and let me be furnished with the
affidavits on both sides."

COLIZT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY yr.
BALDOCK, ESQ. V. WATERMATsr.

This was an action to recover from the defendant,
the proprietor of a coach going from the Swan with
Two Necks, Lad-lane, to Torquay and Newtoii Ab-
bots, in Devon, the value of a parcel of cloth, deli-
vered at the coach-office in town, to be forwarded to
the plaintiff at Torquay. The delivery of the parcel
at the office, Lad-lane, was proved; that it was ad-
dressed Wm. Baldock, Esq. Torquay, Newton Ab-
bots, Devon. The value of the parcel was proved to
be £24. The porter who took the parcel proved the
delivery aethe coach office, and produced Ms deli-
very-book, signed by the book-keeper.
The defence set up was the notice placed in the
office, that the proprietors would not be answerable
for any parcel of a greater value than ES, unless en-
tered as such.. The porter who delivered the parcel,
however, swore he did not see the notice,
The Cum Juin= said, this notice was no de-
fence. Coach-masters could not make persons see

the notices stuck up in &Sept, bit they might, by
common care and prudenoe, relieve themselves from
responsibility by stating to persons bringing parcels

their rule, or by directing their attent,on to the no-
tice boar
Verdict or the plaintiff—Damages 04. Cs. Costs
forty chilli s.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JULY 174
COREPIRACT TO SEDUCZ WORKMEN.
CURTER V. ASTOR.
11 This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a re-
' spectable pianoforte manufacturer, against Elizabeth
Astor and Sons, of Cornhill, who deal extensively in
Ithe same trade, for a conspiracy, in taking from the
plaintiff fourteen of his workmen, during the exist-
ience, of their regular engagement with him. There
were several other counts in the declaration, which
charged the defendants with a breach of contract, &c.
Several of the workmen were examined in support
of the plaintiff's case. From their testimony, it ap-
peared, that early in January last, they were induced
by the Messrs. Astor to assemble together for the
purpose of receiving an offer to quit their master's
employ, and go over to the defendants ; they were
entertained with plenty of bread, been ale, gin, and
rum, and regaled themselves heartily, so that they
did not return to do any other business on that day.
Many of them rejected the solicitation to quit the
plaintiff, hut others yielded, and signed a paper, con-
senting to go to work with the defendants the mo-
ment they had finished the piece work on which they
were then engaged at the plaintiff's. Fourteen agreed
to do this, and each received for so doing £l.
It also appeared in evidence, that a contract had
subsisted for some time between the plaintiff's house
and the defendants', in which the latter had stipulat-
ed to take a certain number of pianos weekly from
.the plaintiff; at a stipulated price, and that the de-
fendants had, on more than one occasion, regretted
the.existence of this agreement, and intimated a de-
sire to keep in their own pockets the money they
paid the plaintiff for manufacturing pianos for them.
When some of the workmen, during their negociation
with the defendants, alluded to the force of this con-
tract, one of the Messrs. Actors was stated to have
said, that they would soon render the plaintiff unable
to fulfil his part of it, which, in the result, was the
fart, owing to the removal of so many of his men.—
The contract was said to be worth from £BOO to.
4:1000 a year, and was, for seven years, subject to a
clause of separation at three years.
For the defendants two witnesses were called, who
proved, that when complaints were made respecting
some of the pianos to the plaintiff, he spoke in an
angry tone, and expressed a desire to get lid of the
contract, which he offered to burn ; that afterwards
some negociation was carried on for the purchase of
the plaintiff's stock, which did not terminate in any
agreement.
The Cum Amnon held, that the seduction of the
MR was clearly made out; and left the amount of
damages to be ascertained by the Jury.
The Jury, after five minutes' consideration, return-
ed a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 1:1600.
The trial lasted from ten o'clock until four.

Lately, Mr. Jon NSON, a traveller from the celebra-
ted Blacking Manufactory of Mr. TIMER, in Lon-
don, was stopped at the turnpike of Brachelston, at
the head of Greenock, Scotland, for refusing to pay
the toll demanded by the keeper. He was travelling
in a newly-invented carriage, which he denominated
a waggon, and offered the rate payable for that ve-
hicle.
The keeper, however, demanded the rate for
a gig, and the matter was brought before the Justices
for decision ; who were of opinion, that the carriage
was not a gig ; that it was only liable in payment of
the rate offered ; and found the toll-keeper amenable
in expenses. It may perhaps save the owner of this
anomalous machine much trouble, should our infor-
mation travel faster than himself, as it may be the
means of apprising these pertinacious gentlemen of
" brief authority,' yclept toll-gatherers, of the dan-
ger they run, in declining to acknowledge this ma-
chine to be any thing that the rider chooses to name
it. Yet, we confess, its appearance is much calcu-
lated to puzzle a person, whose optics are se exclu-
sively fixed on his own interest, as those of the keeper
of a toll usually are. A more elegantly constructed
conveyance we have rarely seen : it may be called a
waggon ; but we can aver it is not the weight of a
dog-cart; it runs, moreover, with a luxurious smooth-
ness, and for safety is not to be equalled, far less ex-
celled, by any sort of carriage we have ever heard of.
In short, we anticipate a new era is about to rise in
this branch of mechanics.—Perth Paper.
A young man, of the name of WARD, was on Sa-
turday drowned in the Thames, by the boat striking
against a barge. The unfortunate individual was 23
years of age, and was to have been married yester-
day. He was at the time of the accident proceeding
to Lambeth to arrange affairs for the marriage cere-
mony. The body had not been found at a late hour
last nigh:.
Tuesday, an Inquisition was taken before Mr.
Jewison, at the house of Mary Craven, the sign of
the Pointers, in Woodlesford, in the parish of Roth-
well, and county of York, on view of the body of
Ann Gowthy, the wife of Joseph Gowthy, late of
Woodlesford aforesaid, labourer, when it appeared
the deceased came to her death from the ill treat-1
meet of her husband, the said Joseph Gowthy, who
was taken into custody on the Coroner's warrant, and
committed to York Castle. for Manslaughter.
That part of the River Thames between Greenwich
and Gravesend was much enlivened on Thursday by
an interesting sailing match between five of the large
wherries and a hatch boat belonging to the latter place,
for three pliaes given by the Erith Sailing Society.
The match was most skilfully contested, the hatch
boat winning the first prize. The gaiety of the scene
was much increased by the various pleasure boats
belonging to the gentlemen who patronized the fete.
DREADFUL HURRICANE.—A letter from Orbec, in
the Department of Calvados, says—" On the Bth
instant the town and valley of Orbec were ravaged
by a hurricane, which has occasioned the g: eatest
disasters. A continued rain at first swelled the
river beyond its banks. Soon after a dreadful torrent
descended, overturned three hundred feet of wall,
broke up the road, which had been newly paved,
undermined the foundations of an inn, and threw
down a house adjacent. The river afterwards spread
into the valley, and destroyed all hopes of harvest.
A million and a half kilogrammes of fodder have
been overwhelmed ; the loss to the farmers is esti-
mated at 500,000 francs; and that to the inhabitants
of the town has been very considerable.'

CLERICAL INTELLICENCE,
CAMBRIDGE,b,TISLY 16.
Friday, the Rev. James Inmarni.l). of
Professor of the Royal Naval College, wal
gree of Doctor of Divinity. Mr. Arthur Wri
College, was on the same day admitted Maw
The admissions at St. John's College this y
The Hon. and Rev. the Vice-(lianeellor
John Challis University Marshall, en the
John Taylor.
Saturday, the last da'
were 4. nferr ed

OXFORD, JULY 17.

The Rev. Francis KriJ

George Henry Cherry
poonder.

- The Rev. Ddere Clemet
The whole number
D.C.L. one; D.M.ED.
two; M.A. forty-four
nine.—Regents of the

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to lleacolls' (hders:—M,497%l';.. Pr,
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, I.lr. James Marshall was oreeir.. :3•
admitted Ilinister of the o'..ttr P
the room of the Rev. Dr. Like-
le Gaelic Chapel, Miele', have re-
sander Ilacleod, Preacher ut the. CJ
the room of the Rev. Malcolm Celi
dr. Mackod has erns:laity accepted. -titer
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at St. Peter's, Nottingham, the Ere: jji
of Little Horwood, Lei•Att, to Mrs...- rat
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near Market Weighton, Beyn
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xds of 40 years s :ear of that parish..
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poor family. the Rev. Mr. Canted; 1.•
if St. Peter's Parish.
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.on with the subject, that the ntartirket ado'
ad the bachelors hastened to bewelettt
;as affirmed, that the word wife is the but 2. A
1 name in nature. The sacred institetia, 3. A
'passes the desideratum of our enjoyrese, Thi
happiness on earth, but disposing the SC•i 4. P
:h bliss hereafter. Previous, huwtver, a colon
wed obligation, it becomes an imperstin 5. G
rte the passions, but to cleanse the frosty ted
aritiea which the freedom of unrested:el .toss
tiled on it. To the neglect of sedates 6. B
many of those hapless instances, esild, 'glen
t:etimiseration of the beholder, shedd
Pear of self-reproach.
11 effeminize the body, a residence in 4
elastic fibre, but more especially dank Eke;
of youth too frequently compromise et
date of inanition, from wle•nee the cep
'an doubts the chance of relief. Tc I '
ourselves, offering hole, energy, rr.rst-r
'or will our advances appear questioadk 1' 'r
by the multiplied proofs of twenty yea d C..
The easy cares of married life =sans "'L'
• suspension of those blessings which er. 1
reath; for the female habit is often corri.
can be strengthened, and deficient et-AM
tat power.
;hilitic intrusion, as well as in every:i.e.
economy, we pledge our ability to Or,.
set. Earnestly solicitous to expel thi
the position so presumptuously takes
ral principles with less hesitation; macre . ,
curable integrity, as Members of the Ca. ;
t refer the suffering community of ex th
intering into matrimeniel life), at mere
ly attendance is given for personal r • •
.1 Wll
in the country are immediately answeet4. Wci
remittance for advice and medicine, wire
my part of the world, however distant.
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