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London, England, 1826-03-28 00:00:00

LAW 'INTELLIGENCt

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INSOLVENT 14111 !'ORS COURT.
Capt. Thirteen Haled Campbell was discharged, after!
bra loeffectual application by a creditor to have part of
his Pay set apart towards the discharge of his debts.
Mr. John .Griffiths, broker, in'tassa.u.stteet, appeared
to answer a rule obtained against him, for refusing to'
attend the Court purstiant to a subpsena,tinless the sum,
of two guineas was paid him, and stated Mat just before
the subpoena came, he was attacked with "a fit of
j and Said he coaftl.ncit come.
°5-tiAtrpeas kiforsisedlithsOehourt answer thew rvialtersao
err, ~iid at04144141i‘ mist 16. 141
'lap* Woman,
lairs
Seas
person of respectable appearance. who beforeSe
the
Court the 11th list. was brought up for- re-examination,
tuna charge of undue •prefetenest to Mr. Hughes, a con--
Fibber. tier dischirge was opposed by Mi. Pollock,
ba behalf of aiamuel,WOod, and after an 41Aborite in-
vestigation, the Court being still dissatisfied with the.
insolvents sceternent as to tbe,disporsal of her effects,
bighted: her to be brought up to receive its senteoce ;
upon which the unfortunate woman (who appears toj
have acted upon improper advice) uttered a fearful!
?cream, and fell from the bar in. hysterics. bile was'
conducted to her former custody by the officers.
nun; COURT OF JUSTICMRT, Waste sp.
The Couri met et nine O•cloat to hear Counsel, as to
their•Lordships' jurisdiction in the case of Reid. Marry,
late mate of the Malvina' of Grangemouth, accused of
the murder of James Itae, late Cabin-boy On board
that vessel. •
Mr (initim Segues, in along and able speech, con-
tended that the Court had no • jurisdiction to try the
offence; that theletritory of the Court did not extend
beyond the ancient realm of Scotland, and this 'crime
w.,is said to have been committed near the middle of the
;Atlantic. In suppOrt of this argument he referred to
the Various statutes from which the, Court derived its
authority, and maintainei that the Court of Justiciary
could n .t possess greater powers than the source from
which it bad itself originated ; for, whatever might be
the case with knglanO, the Kings of ScOtland never
pretended to extend their jurisdiction beyond the shores
and coasts of this kingdom. The Court of Justiciary,
fie contended, had fitly power to try offences corn-
Milted within the realm of Scciklaad. }le admitted that
the Court had tried cams of piracy; -brit he read from
an authority, and argoed in support of it, that pirates
are beasts of prey, 'who acknowledge no law, and 'He
tobjects of no realm, to•eitiroate Whom is the duty of
all men. He then referied tp, die Aet'of ParliamentOl
instituting the Admiralty •Court with extensive
posies s. He further argtefdthat there were points Which
!voted fall to. be discussed in die course of the trial
such as what is the duty of Mate, ke- which: he was
entitled. -t4) a,sume the Court of Justiciary ,ftnsivr no,
thing of, and which could °lily be discusses: in the Cow t
of Admiralty. •

4131, Amur iirmir.u. et.mte complimented tint Jags/nod Gentleman
Z:04;
' tie ' • resoarala and Wising ilispi ,1 vain WO tory. Ole ireeth,
nti said, it' iris just such a- %pee& as he. likod to hear.
It ' so dicianuttinaLrand he woofing glad to woo dm style
mitqlra liy.
ligui 11.11sIt ages *meg In the Omit 4f fiersks. 1
Mai sonindopsulmina,ildoratatioos woe ordered by ilis. Cann.
Leer Ileadmerbsolk rensillligetat be eltmet regretted the Ask,' of
the ewe. eettehleting the yowidfid impression which the Ipso* of
kr. Spina had aids ow his mind. .
alts Anther calsisiaratisa old* asso Is consequently rlaterrod.

The farmers frequenting raanton market smut issue
with the millers, who lately published a declaration that
they would only purchase by the imperial bushel, and
tke sound strike. The corn growers insist ourlling by
the Winchester bushel only.
Some friends of Mr. Conarr dined together at Nor
with on Saturday, Sir T. Emote in the Chair. Mr.
C. on his health bang drank, made a long speech on
cash payments, the taxes, and the bank-note system.
The lambing season has -had a favourable commence-
ment in the county of Sunez, where 50 ewes of a -Sock
consisting of 115, yeatled thins, which it has been ob•
served are, this year generally, unusually numerous.
At Exeter Assizes,Saturday se'nnight, a Clergyman
named Cattily, of good.family in Devonshir?, had an
action brought against him to recover one •hundred
penalties of 51. each, for having in his posfession, before
the Ist of September, upwards of out hundred pheasants,
against the statute limiting the time for killing such
game. It was proved that the pheasants had beentaken
from the preserves of S r JoHN ThsVILYAN, in Somer.
seushire, by a set of poachers, who had uied a net of 75
feitiong, And 35 broad„-jrhe Jury found everdiet
arisitabe detendant.for thirty ptualties--150i. '

COUNTY ANTRIM -4411ZES.
Join Quasi of Belfast, surgeon, Wes first put onl!tial,
for having comimttred a rape on Mary M•Grogan, in the
town of Belfast, on dm Si ofianuary, letS. Witnesses
were ordered to leive-Cotyt. Pri,oner'had no Counsel,
lie averring that his be iefF had been refused by' some of
the learned profession.
Mr. Wear appeared as King's Counsel for the prosecution. -
Mary MKirogen (the prosecutrix) stated, that on the
3d of Jan. 189,6; at betwee n 2 and Su'dock in the after-
noon, she went to the shop ot Sargeon Quin, to purchase
a penny-worth of turpentine, at the request of her hus-
band, for the purpose ot cleaning some clothes. Mr.Quin
-and a boy were in the shop when she went iato it. After
she had got the turpentine, and paid for it, Mr. Quin
came round the counter, and put his hand on her
breast, and then dragged her into a room at the back
of the shop, on vehien Mr.-Quin closed the room door,
and put his brick against it. After this he threw her
across a chair, from which she threw herself on the floor.
She screamed, and shouted " all sorts of murder," and
said that she was not an unfortunate girl, but a decent
marries woman; that she lived with her husband in
Carrick-hill, and had a child seven years old. Air. Quin
replied, that a strumpet who had a child seven years
old, might be with any one. She continued to scream
and added for the sake of GOD, Doctor Quin, don't
use me badly, for lam a delic woman." Mr. Quin
replied, " Don't call me Doctor Quin." When she got
up from the floor, he carried her Evros: the room to a
sofa, (witness continuing to shout " all sorts of murder")
where he got his mind accomplished, like her husband.
Witness swore, that the crime committed on her person
was against her will and consent. She lodged exami-
nations against prisoner nett morning, before Mr. Ferrer
and Mr. Agnew.
Prosecutrix was cross exantined at great length by the prisoner;
he afterwards called witnesses for the defence, who swore that she
was net to be believed on her oath, that she was a common prostitute,
and bad been In gaol for a robbery.
Bernard *Corry was obliged to marry prosecutrix's
sister, to prevent her swearing a rape against him ; he
lived with her only ten minutes afterwards! Prosecntrix
advised her sister to prosecute witness, that perhaps they
would get SOL of him, with which they would go to
-Belfast, and set up a. way of dealing; when that was
done, she (the proseentrix) would rub herself against
someboJy, and,get more. Witness heard prosecutrix
instruct her, sister one night, when prosecutties husband
was present, how to swear a rape. Heard her husband
say, when they were fighting, la* Spring Assizes, that
she had told him she never knew wlt:ther Mr. Quin was
man or woman.

Henry M,Reynolds is sorry to say he is prosecutries
second cousin; her general character is very bad; she
Said to witness that Mr. Quin had done her no harm;
she is not to be believed on her oath:

Susan Kearney proved the expre,sions of prosecntrix
and her husband relative to making a lob of Mr. Quin.
Thomas Hughes.—Lives in Puttglenone; knows pro-
secutris ; who- wished to make up a plot with witness
three Weeks after she was married. The plot was, that
she.Watild decoy Mr. 11
.igg, of Portglenone, out of his
how, and call out " ravibhment" in ihe hearing.of wit-
ness, who should then give evidence against Mr. Hogg.
and she would divide with witness the money she should
get to stop a prosecution.
The Airy here Intimated to the Bench, that they did pot desire
Ulf funk* eusininatkm of witnesses.
When this was emannicated to Mr. Quin, he observed, he bad
some most respectable Gentlemen in Court, who had been in his
shop from torn fear o'clock on the day Wien the tape was stated
to ham been cotnesitted. •
The Dm* ;smirked that such testimony Was now unnecessary.
kw/Win/ref.*. Airtby was them recorded, to the great satifac-
flan of a crowded Court.

to h
the

of England at large, sad that kbas Its ;siva" xights,
Illtafsite tiatioett to' peksetie. •
!lair duty and their pride to ierpreeeter farther
Honourable.tiouse, that they have the honour
their Church trader *special charter: rented by
ievolence of the Crown. In this chatter, queen
th has, of her free bounty, conferred abb Church
Dian and Chapter for ever, and has subjected it
their sole and lawful management.
And fartber, tbeir founder has set only empowered, but required
them to defend the priellegei and immunities which she has Our
bestowed upon them, against all aggression or encroachment. )3y
order et the Dean and Chapter.
GEORGE GILES VINCENT, Chapter Clerk.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
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MANSION.HOUST

Cow Hilcides, a German, was brought before the Loan 'Alava',
charged with having run away with a tray of rings, vane 135/. or
1401. from the shop of Mr. George Fearn, Jeweller, of Cornhill.
Stacey, shopmala to Mr. Fearn, stated that the prisoner
came into the shop a few evenitigi ago, and asked to see some rings.
Witness put down a tray, containing a number of rings, before hint,
and lie looked at some; witness then put back the tray. The-pri-
soner, however, again asked to see the tray, and the moment it was
put upon the counter, be took it up'and ran away. Witness fol-
lowed, and Cried " Stop thief," and the prisoner was apprehended.
He however, had dropped the tray to his eight, and the rings were
scattered about. What is very remarkable is, that although the
distance from the shop to the place where the prisoner was found
was very short, and many persons of respectable appearance wit-
nessed the flight of the prisoner, and must have seen the'fall of the
rings, no mire than It or 90 were recovered by Mr. Fearn.—
Most of those, it also appeared, were brought to the shop by a poor
man.—The prisoner was fully committed for trial.
A man named Davies, who stated that he was a tailor. brought
his wife before the Lord Mayor, and accused her. of having con-
ducred herself in such a manner towards him, that his Lordship's
interference was indispensably necessary to prevent his total des_
traction.

The Lona MAYOR observed the wife, whose appearance was ex-
ceedingly mild, in tears, and told the complainant that she did not
look like a person who was likely to make her husband miserable,
and asked-whether he bad been assaulted by her?
Davies replied In the negative. " But she does worse (said he) ;
she drinks like a devil, and she'll bring me to perdition, as sure as
I am Ave if you don't order her to keep away from mi."
The wife vowed that she meet drank. Her mother, in tears,
said the same thing.
Davies declared, that she had also a fancy to gadding abroad,
which he could not restrain. lie was losing his business fast in
consequence of her habits.
" But," said the*Loan Maros, " if she' has been inattentive to
her duties, she seems now strongly disposed to return to them; and
it would be inhuman in you not to give her an opportunity."
" No," said Davies, " she is too good for me. Look at me, I
am Dot fit for ber, am I? There was a burst of laughter at this
address of the tailor, who presented one of the most sorrowful
visages that ever expressed grief. His wife, to whom he has been
marrietrbut six months, was more deeply affected than before.—
" Harry, dear," said she, " don't leave me."
Davies—" Lave you! By the Loan, woman, I'll never live
with you again." •
The Lotto Havoc added hit request to that of the miserable
wife.—" No, co, my Lord, it's no use (said the unbending bus.
band); with her I'll never live again ; I won't, my Lord, by G—a
I won't."

Mrs. Davies's mother said, her daughter had acted with the
greatest affection and propriety towards her husband.
Davies—d Well well ; I tell you she is too good for me ; you
won't deny that, will you? That's enough for me. I won't live
with her.' and he struck the table violently.
The Linn Manx advised Mrs. Davies to go home with her
mother fof a week or a fortnight; and said, her husband would
probably alter his opinion of her in her absence, aid believe that
although he
.nsight not be half good enough for her, he amid not
be comfortable without her.
" Oh, my Lord !" said she, " I'd rather go home with him. Do,
Harry—don't be so cruel."
Davies—" No, no, woman;" and he clenched his fist, and turn-
ing round to the crowd, said with a crying face—" You see she is
too good for me. I won't have none of her. She'll run me into
Newgate with expenses. I woh't have none of her."
The Lean Mayo*, MAME that it was modest to endeavour to,
reconcile the complainant to-his Irlfe, expressed his regret at the
circumstance, and dismissed the ease.
The tailor went away, saying that he was ready to makable wife
an allowance ; and that, If he ever should have a chants again, he'd
never marry even a better woman than herself.