Star.
London, England, 1827-02-17 00:00:00

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, F. tt
DAVIDSON v. struova.
This was an action brought to recover from the de-
fendant, who is Sheriff of the County of Brecon, the
sum of 1061. for suffering a person named Griffith to,
escape out of the jail of Brecknockshire, where he had
been imprisoned at the suit of the plaintiff for a debt
to the above amount. It appeared that Griffith had
been committed during the shrievalty of the defend-
, ant's predecessor, and on the 20th of February, 1926,
Ihe contrived by a writ of Habeas Corps to come to,
London, where through the indulgencb of the jailor,
he was permitted Lobe at large until the 18th of March,
at which period he returned to Brecon jail again; to'
prove the liability of the defendant, Mr. SCARLET? FRI
in the Gazette of 1826, wherein his appointment as,
Sheriff of Brecon was published.
The LORD Cuts, JUSTICE said, that . this was not
sufficient evidence of Mr. Griffith having been in the,
custody of the defendant. Prisoners are delivered over
from one Sheriff to another by indenturt, and unless
it could be proved that this ceremony had taken place,
between the defendant and his predecessor previously
to his escape, his liability could not be established. The
plaintiff having failed to prove this, he was aontuited.
The Loan CRUZ Jessica rose at an early bout

At Chatsworth, daring the holydays and sobsa.
Twenty, from 20 to 25 persons dined daily at tie princely table
kept by Duke of Dreensatan. Among the guests were the Princess
EBTIIIIIIAST, the Earl and Countess of Cassius, the ilemianauts,
and all the neighbourini Nobility and Gentry. The death of the
Duke of You& terminated the festivities, which would have been

kept op a month later had not that lamentable event mesterei. ----
At a Meeting by deputation of almost all the Emi-
gration Sockties of Lanark and Rentrewshire held on ToOaday
evening. it was resolved that they would adhere to their former

eissol—sitiPriof abstaining from soliciting subscriptions, till
of Parliament was known on the provisions for emigration ; and
they she agreed to solicit all the outstanding societies to co-operate
with them, and take part in the discussions which might arise from
the eistrespendence of their agents in London, who are to attend
the Reuss of Commons' Committee.
Yesterday 'Lot-sung. a sermon was preached at the
Parish Church of St. Mary-le-bow, Cheapside, belie
the Lord Mayor and a very numerous and respectable
congregation, by the Rig!): Rev. the Lord Bishop ot
Cheater, in aid of the Funds o 1 the Society for Propa.'
gating the Gospel io Foreign Parts. At the confusion
of the Divine Service, a liberal collecti m was made.

LITILRPOOL COTTON NIANICIT. Fan. 14.—Since Fri-
day we have had a tolerable demand for cotton, and
about 5,300 btgs have been sold at steady prices.
WELSH IRv•N AND COAL COMPANT,—.Yesterday a
meeting of the Shareholders was held at the London
Tavern, when a favourable report of the affairs of the
Company was read. It besides recommended the con.
tinuance of Mr. Jones in his situation of Manager of
their works in Wales, the &tie: of which he continued
to perform gratuitously. A resolution to this effect
(after some cooties cation) was carried unanimously. It
was also unanimously resolved, that the Shares of these
Directors who refused to refund the money made by
the traffic in Shares belonging to the Company, should
be forfeited.

Tux Saarttsrzsnt Minn.—About three o'clock yes-
terday afternoon the north line of d e R ver exhibited a
double lane of elegant equipages; and the banks on
both' sides were lined with gay pedestrians, principally
Ladies. The skaiteis we,e more numerous than any
previous day, and the %%hole surface displayed a busy
and a bustling see❑e.

DRURY-LANs Tusaaaa.—The Lord of Me Manor
was performed last n ght to a very excellent house.
The principal Vocalists exerted themselves most suc-
cessfully. BRAHAM'S " Kelvin Grove" and " Laurel
Crown," and Miss STRVINS' "1 Walla care to tell,' and
" The Dashing While Sergeant," were received with
rapturous applause, And the whole performarce went
off well.—Deaf as a Post, and The Man in the Moon
followed with the utmost eclat.

MELANCHOLY OCCUEII teNCE.—A youth about 16 or
17 years of age was drowned on Sunday of tern°, n last,
in a pond at Upper Clayton, cut of which brick ear h
had been dug. He had in the morning come hom
Chelsea, on a •isit to a relation.

Jane Shaw, commonly called the Sleeping Beauty, a
young woman of prepossessing appearance, the daugh-
ter of a peasant at Aike, near Beverley. was lately in a
profound sleep for eighteen days, during which time
the animal functions were entirely suspelided, and the
only symptom of life was a very feeble pulse. For a
day or two previous a considerable aberration of mind
had been observed, and when she awoke, she was very
languid and childish, but a few days restored her to a
good stare of health, bot'a body and mind.
We observe, in the Wolverhatnpion Chronicle, a re-
port of the proceedings in the Sheriff's Court, at Staf-
ford, held on Saturday last, in order to assess damages
in an action which had beenbrought by William Smith
(brother to the idiot whose case has occupied so much
of the public attention), against the proprietor of the
abovementioned Paper, for a libel %hick appeared on
the 15th of February ast year, in a paragraph copied
from the Salopitus Joarnal. The Jury (says the Paper)
gave oue farthing damages, and lamented there was not
a smaller coin.

An Inquest was held at theTiges's Head, Grapstreet,
Chelsea, on the body of a female found in a path lead-
ing to Chelsea Common. The only articles of clothing
which covered her, were an old blanket and a tattered
petticoat. She had been seen en Wednesday wandering
through Chelsea and Battersea, and had been relieved
with food. It is supposeJ she was making for some
place of refuge in Westminster, when she was unable
to proceed further, and crawled to an out-house, where
the was found frozen to death.--The Jury returned a
verdict of 's Found Dead."

A meteor was observed to the east of Lautieston on
Sunday evening, a little after six o'clock, moving in a N.B. direc-
tion, and followed by a long train of sparks. It exploded with a
brilliant blue light, but no detonation was perceptible, apparently
owing to its great dendrite. There was a considerable display of
aurora borealis soon after, but the clearsiess of the night prevented
the proper effect of its playful flittinp. Aimed.
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Fan. GiIiiiSIONIN C.
Maris, M. Goldstone, &dead Raphael, M. Jacobs, A.
Solomon, and Amelia 2obias, stood indicted for a con-
spiracy to defraud the County Fire Office of 9561. being
the sum claimed under an insurance effected by Gold-
stone and Marks with the above Office. The Public
will recollect that the majority of the defendants were
recently tried at the Old Bailey for setting a house un
fire in Sarah-place, Old-street-road, but were acquitted,
for went of legal proof. On this occasion, the Jury,
without hesitation, found Raphael, Solomon, Jacobs,
and Amelia TobLas, Guilts, and the Court sentenced
Raphael to two years, Solomon and Jacobs each to•
eighteen months, and Amelia Tobias to nine mouths'
imprisonment.

OLD BALLET. Pas. 16.
Thomas Johnson, aged 28, a sweep, was indicted
for the manslaughter of Thomas Long, in the pariah of
Hanwel
Fiornlbe evidence given, it appeared that the de
ceased had fallen down a chimey on the 19ch of January
Jan ; that a medical Gentleman attended him ; and that
lin four or five days be was so far recovered as to be able
to follow his occupation as a climbing-boy.
. On the 22d of the same month it was proved that his
master, the prisoner, treated him in the most inhuman
manner, by beating him with a stick over the loins and
shoulders, and also dashed his head against some iron
railing: this maltreatment was the alleged cause of his
death on the 27th of January.
Two Surgeons deposed, that on opening the scalp of
the deceased, they found an eats avasation of mood over
the brain, and the sinus was ruptured ; suck a .rupture
might be occasioned by a blow on the side of the head,
but that the injury most have been recent, as be could
not have survived an hour after the rupture of such a
blood•vessel.

Mr. Justice GASELti stopped the case : there was not
any evidence to thew that the boy had come by Lis
death from any ci :why ot the pribonek on the day be
died, which it was most essential to chew to convict him.
The Jury found the prisoner N. Guilt,.
The Learned Jolson cautioned the prisoner to take great cart how
he conducted himself in future; his escape ought to operate as a
warning to him fur the remainder ot his life, not to practise cruelty
towards the uMortonate beings who might be put under his care.

William Blackman, aged SI, and George Cam,
were also indicted for the manslaughter of John Diggery.
In this case it appeared from the evidence, that the
prisoners and the deceased were in the workhouse of
the parish of St. Ann, Westminster ; that the prisoners
pulled from under the deceased, the form on which he
was sitting, and that some other inmate of the work-
house pulled it from under hem a second time. The
deciased was in a bad state of health, and laboured un-
der such peculiar maladies, that it was by surgical
Gentlemen considered that he might be affected by
being thus thrown down.
Mr. Justice Lierrutpaut, on his charging the Jury,
said, it was fdr them to determine, from the evidence
they heard, whether the first or the second fall was the
immediate cause of the death of the deceased.
The Jury found the prisoners Guilty.

The Leaned JUDGE informed the prisoners that they 'would
probably be brought up fur judgment when the Learned Re-
corder took his seat, and they might expect a mild sentence.

We lately mentioned that Mr. Secretary Past, had
caused the Clerks of the Peace to be written to, on the subject of
fees claimed from parties who were vied and *quitted. A use
notably In point occurred on Wednesday. It was a petty assault
case ; and the matter of complaint was so trifling, that the Chairman
gave it as his opinion that it did not amount to an assault. Upon
this, Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared as Counsel for the defendant,
instead of arguing that no assault had been commited, to the sur-
prise of most present," begged the Jury to find his client guilty ;
because Ise fek satisfied that the Court would inflict merely a fine oi
is. in case of conviction; and if his tutor should be acsiukted, he
would have to pay 11. 74. ad. fees!"
LINERALITT.—We have much pleasure in stating
that R. G. Loaux,Esq. of Clavton.hall, near this town,
has voluntarily paid the amount of the rate laid upon
his numetous tenants in respect of the destruction of
power looms, without taking security for or expecting
repayment. By this means he has saved many a poor
family from distress, and set an example truly worthy
of imitation.—Blackburis Mail.

Several farmers who are in the habit of sending their
corn very early into I) vines, on the morning of the
market, have this winter been robbed in the neighbour-
hood of Lydeway by the following method :—The
th;eves tie a strong tope around some tree by, the
side .of the •road, at the end of which is attached a
good-sized hook; this they generally contrive, unper-
ceived, an throw into the cart as it is proceeding, and
fastening it on any article they desire, dislodge a sack
or a quarter of corn, within the course of a minute; the
carter (as is too frequently the case) being at the time
half asleep.—Devizes Gazette.
Monday afternoon last, an old man named Danoer, of
Polebrook, near Oundle, (generally known by the ap-
pellation of 44 Dr. Danner, ho was attending the funeral
of Mrs. Adams, at Barnwell, and while the Clergyman
was reading the Burial Service in the Church, Danner
suddenly uttered a deep groan, and fell back into the
arms of a man who stood near; he was immediately
conveyed to the Hospital, where he expired before me-
dical assistance could be procured. He was 72 years of
age, and had previously enjoyed a good state of health.
Wednesday morning, Mr. William Rowland, a
master tailor, had dealer in second-hand clothes, resid-
ing in Moulsham, whilst sitting in a chair, after having
eaten his breakfast, without any visible cause, dropped
down and instantly expired. Mr. Rowland was a cor•
poral upon the Staff of the West Essex Militia.
When Velocipedes were first introduced into India,
the natives, who could not comprehend the pleasure of
a carriage where the passenger did the duty of the horse,
denominated them Paugul ke Gharri (a fool's coach).
ETYMOLOGIG-0 Gemini! is borrowed from the
Italian exclamation U Diamine 1 which answers to Oh,
the Deuce 1 To scamper, is clearly takhn from the Italian
&ampere, which means the same thing.
When Lord Bums was at Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, he used to parade the streets, acemnpanied by an immense
bear, following him like a dog, This bear had as apartment as-
signed for his particular use, from which the animal, sae tiuy peep-
ing oat, bestowed so ardent an embrace upon a M smell College
man," that his Lordship was constraised, at the suggestios of the
tutor, to cut him. So attached, however, was this 'intake pair,
that the whole power of the tutor was scarcely able to divide theta.
The grave of Rosner BtocoaneLn remains without
a none in the humble church yard of Camptoo, near ISbedield, Bed-
fordshire. Surely a peel who has added so many pleasing emacia-
tions to the rural landscape and manners of his native cavalry is
worthy of some public memorial
DARING ROBBERT.—A few evenings 11$0, as Mr.
Lygher, a commercial traveller, residing on Thomas.
street, Stamford-street, was returning horn basins,'
about half-past eight o'clock, be asked a woman is
Whitechapel for a street in the neighbourhood, wile,
three men came up and suddenly pushed him down,
by one of them seizing his hands, while the other two
tripped him up, when they robbed him of his pocket-
bock, containing notes and bills to the amount of 501.
Is the mean time the female ran off with his hat, hand-
kerchief, and gloves, and they all escaped before any
alarm could be given.
Elizabeth Slinton and Mareotter, mother and &nigh-
ter, the former 70 and the latter SO years of age, were
committed, on Wednesday sennight, to Worcester jail,
charged with murdering the child of Potter, about
eleven months old, by administering poison. The infant;
was born at Tenbury, and the place where it was killed
Lyre Parva, a short distance from that plate. The
substance used to procure the child's death was pounded
glass. Potter had a husband living, but the child was
met his.