Star.
London, England, 1829-01-08 00:00:00

MURDER AT MANCHESTER.

Illoniay morning, a man named Cliff was taken into
custody at Nlanchewer. ill the charge of having fIP/T.
den d his wile. It am ears that on the morning of the
ne& year his w ife went to a public house, *here he had
peen drinking freely, to fistch boo home ; on their way
home he beat her, and, on bring tentonstiwed with.
threatened to do so again. Soon :diet his arrival at
home the :might). urs were Alarmed by e cries of
Cliff's children; on entering the house, the poor woman
was discovered in a di eadlul state, three of ter ribs
broken, her head beaten almost ti a jelly, and several
ounds on her body, of *Foch she died on Sunday la t.
the husband *as h and cOf.cealed in a Itft.

MANCHESTER, Janiutav 6. •
The inquest on the body of the unfortunate wife of
James Cliff was held this day.
It appears that soon Ow they left the public house,
kept by Timpeily, he began to abuse her, and that he
seveiely kicked tier, and knocked in four of her ribs.
He then laid upon the bank, and she went.tin tiowarJs
her home. Tn• watchman saw him di use ter. and
threatened to take him Min custody. when he said to
her, " Go thy wars; stop till we get home, and then
I'll do lot thee; have thy life beloie morning."
Mr. anisworth was going home, accompanied by
the watchman. He found Cliff lying no
the hank, or,
as he appeared to him to be, irksome mud. D idsworth
sp ke to him, and they went on together. When they
arrived at Cliff's house, they,hearda noise, and they
then saw Cliff's wilecteep.ni., up die stepinn her hands
and knees. Dodswo!th went in, but heroic he had gone
many yards Le heard case-, andlttoithell. and s.w Cliff
had teen kicking his v ife ; she was then no the i1.,0c."
'Cliff picked her ise,, and put t.ei' a chait, and then
struck her with eugenic violence, and knocked !ter head
against a table. Dndstioith'the.i induced hinpto come
out of the
.house with 'kin, ai.d said to himilo Cliff,
you will be hanged t.ir the murder mil your wife; but
•tay lice, and do not go into the linu.e till I return.''
Cliff said, "Where are rum going then?". Dadsoorth •
said, " I will go.an.l,get my sister to come and put the .
children to bed." ,IL said this to appease Cliff, although
his intention Wall' to joocuie a,sistit:iee to prevent Cliff
doing mote mischief. Dodsworth went away and re- •
turned shoply; and round Cliff had carried his wile up
states, amid put, her 'in bed; but Cliff had gis:.e.
watchman followed:him, and said, .6 You murderous
villain, you have kilted your wife!" Cuff said, 4. If I
have not, I will 'd•l it." But the slight was so dark that
the watchman lost him. The wife was then insensible,
and in the most dreadiul state.

M. Compton's carter went to the stables early. in the
morning; and, as. he was cleaning his horses, C tficalled
to him, and said,"My wile and I have had some words,
and l believe I riatie killed hers I wi.h you would go
to my house, and get my wa stcoat and jacket." The
carter had heard nothing of the circumstances. Con.
tinued cleaning his horses, aid then went to the house
of 04; after he had heel, there a short time Dods.
worth came and asked him what lie wanted there? He
said he was come for Cliff's clothes. Mr. Dodswo th
asked him where CI.IF K a , and he told him he was in
the hayloft. In coi:sequence of this information Dods.
• worth and one or two some, accomonied by two wa th. •
men, seem to the hag loft, but coulsi .ipit find
They then 'put two ot. the pa, ty .to ktep watch', white—
others went for Alcock, a police t.flier. When he
came they commenced a prrticu'itr search, and kr- •
.length saw a fool it tat rtitiing from uirder:sonie'stiaW..."
This,prpvetlto be car.. He quietly surrendered; and"*"
Said it win: Id pill. bfds short
.business afLancaster. •
The duryMet at jhe Town flail Taverri, in 'Maii.'s"
cheerer. 400 weer Jed to Coney burst to vie* the body.
They tiseit_Leru:kt,l to the Town Hall Tavern to beat -1
the evidence. They sta e that they never saw such a
dreadfol silectacle Ose body present: d: -0 te eye seal;
neatly knocked out; four ribs were driven
`Was much iiiiiired; and it appeared these Muss- !'•
base been iittlictbl pretinusly to the body bring taktatl4`
up stairs, audio have been done by kicks. His shoes -1
a ere extremely thick, and comple ely Mined, and would
weigh at leastlit pounds. Tlnie were masks 1-is her
chest of the bottom air soles of shoes, as it stamped ui.on •
her. There was a most dieadtul wound in the abdomen
ot about six inches-, which the surgeons stated must have
been peipetrated by a sharp instrument,•but there was
no evidence as to any instrument having been found.
There was a common kn fe and razor.

It appeared that, during the time Dod,worth was
absent and Chit had c4tried his wile 11is thtsifb, he ha
then ihilicted this wound, and it flaw have been after
he had put his witein.o heJ ; this was evide tt hom the
blood which %via, in the bed, for that and the clothes
were completely s4tu 4ted. ait'd, although there was
blood in the room below, yet there was no arpeaeance
of any on the stairs, and not to the extent that wa,
Covered in the bed. •

Cliff had changed his shoes after kicking his a ife. and .
had given them to his child to oil.
The Jury returned a verdict of .d Wilful Murder."

The prisoner was.committed, on the Coroner's
rant, to Lancaster gaol, to take his trial at the not
Awns. ..• .

Mr. Douglas-of .the Douglas. Arms Inn, Castle
Douglas, has a small .dog-of the Mes-ian breed, which
regui ai I y on Sundays, w hetber ittky.pt the family *Mott
church or not, sets out at noon as• the bell., spiv, add
proceeds to •Kelton.chuich, a distance of About .01/1)
mites, when •it.tates possession rif 7the f4mily seat,. mid
'places its fore-feet upon the boilk.besard, Road there re-
mains till serneeitjis.bm, -a hers it-returnshoMe.
is rather an estraordinaiy euditiir;buesee hoe lie ben'.
fits in common oithi,he rest of the congregation,. and
appieciistes the talecta of iita'sror thy friend the Minister
of Kelton. At all events, it is a rate proof how sitti ac-
tive his eloquence is.—Edinowsk Paper.

On the snivel of the mail coach in Winelviter on
Tuesday se'nnight, it was discovered that the Alton
bag was missing. The guard recollected that it was
safe between Sutton anJ Alresford. Every inquiry
was immediately made in the neighbourhood for its
recovery, but without effect. It was soon learnt that
in the bag was a letter from Mrs. Pattern, the seb•dis- •
tributor of stamps at Alton, directed to the brad office,
Winchester, containing various notes of the Guildford,
Farnham. Winchester, and Uxbridge bank.. Immew
diate steps were taken by the distributor and by Mrs.
Pa:tern to stop the payment of the notes, and With the
desired effect, as a person was detained on presenting
three of them for I.ayment at Mesas. Lubbi.ck and
Co.'s, bankeri, London, and from some information re-
ceived by the solicitor to the Port-office,•Herthfield, a
London police officer, war dispatched in pursuit if at.
other, and yesterday he succeeded :in' appfehosiditig a
man of the name of Ward; at Alresfuld, Mich whoarbe
immediatsly set Off to L mdon. ,Previous to. Maws.
Lubboti(and Co. receiving aotice of -tharobbetwebey.
bad paidlliree of the ammo, amounting to 25L ..Haab
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THE GRAVE OF HOFER, THE TYROLESE.

Blood was shed upon this spot—
Blood, not shed to be forgot :
'Tress no idle village fray,
'Twas no sport of holiday ;
Fierce the fight, and wild the rear,
When was shed this stain of gore!
Many a mountain-warrior slept
Where that day the sabre swept;
Many a widowed wife could tell
Where was beard the cannon-peal:
Many an infant, many a bride,
Perieh'd on the mountain's side!
Safe from sight and sound of woe
• Is the heart that sleeps below.
Whose?—A name that none may name;
Tyranny has made us tame:
But no bosom of a slave
Held the heart that fills this grave I
Murderer! in thy hoar of doom,
Thou shalt think upon this tomb :
Murderer! on thy shrinking eyes
Shall thy bleeding victim rise,
Haunt thy bed, and blast thy throne.
Till tbou'rt smitten, crush'd, undone !
Then the trophled tomb shall stand,
Glory of the rescued land;
Then a nameless turf no more
Shall be scattered with this gore;
But with heart, and eye of flame,
MI Tyrol shall shout his name!

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Its. 7.
Sittings Is London before Lord Tensaw's.
LIGHT V. JOLLIPPI AND OTHERS.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the
owner of a barge, which it was alleged had been run
clown through the carelessness of a steam boat belong-
ing to the Steam Navigation Company. The defendant
pleaded that they were not liable, as it had not arisen
from negligence.
Mr. Common Sergeant DINMAN stated the case to
the Jury. The plaintiff, Mr. Light, was the owner of
alarke employed in the carriage of chalk from Graves-
end to London; On the evening of the 28th of No-
vember, 1827, while two servants of the plaintiff were
on their passage down the river in this barge, they were
sbrprised to see a steam boat coming up on the south
side of the river at a very rapid rate. It had no light
at the stem, as it ought to have, nor was it on the side
of the river on which it ought to be. He should base
observed that this was near Greenhithe. The persons
in the barge, on seeing the danger they wee in, called
to those on board the steam boat to veer, but before
th it could be done the steam boat struck the barge on
the side, which sank a few minutes afterwards, and the
people on board escaped with great difficulty. He
vi ould call come Gentlemen who were on board a ship
in the river, who he believed would state that the barge
was keeping h. r right course, and that the steam boat
was gong in an improper way, and without a light.
The defendants had admitted that they were share-
owners in the Steam Navigation Company.
J hn Stanley examined by Mr. Busse- -He was em-
ployed hi the pl iintiff on the evening of the 28th of
Nov. 1827, in navigating a barge between Grave:v.(l
and London; on that evening he saw a steam boat near
Greesillithe, coming down on the barge at a very rapid
rate; he hailed the people on board her, and before any
answer could be returned, she struck the barge, which
sunk a few minutes afterwards; the steam boat at that
time was steering nearly across the river, t rwards the
Kent side; he got on board the steamer when the barge
was struck; when he asked the master of the ate imer
what he should do? he replied, " That witness might
go to --, and the barge too." When he first hailed
the steamer, no answer was returned; it was impossible
far the barge to get out of the way of the steamer;
there was no Ught on board the steam boat at the time;
could not hear a hail from a steam boat in consequence
en the great noise of the work. He was sure that the
steam boat made no variation in tier course after he
hailed her ; he was brought to Landon in the steam boat.
" By Sit J. SCARLNTT—They were carrying manure
in the barge to Greenwich; witness is a Waterman, and
has been in the habit of managing this barge about two
Tears and a half; the night was particularly dark when
this accident occurred; the steam boat was nearly ball
a mile of when he first got sight of her; he was at the
helm ; there were a greet many other vessels in the
Reach; he was convinced that them was no light on i
board the steam boat ; when he fir.t hailed the steamer
she was about two hundred yards from the barge. He
then saw no person on board the steam boat ; witness's
wife and a man were on board the barge ; the barge
was crossing the river at the time, and the wind was
quite favoirable to them ; he did not hear the persons
on board the steam boat hail the berg-.
John Connor, mite of the barge, called and examined
by the C. ustata SERGEANT, gave a similar statement to
the la-a witness.

Edam-LI St ,froyii—He is a Trinity Hou%e pilot; l'e
had he-u accimomed in the navigation if the Thanes

45 years ; n the eve. lug when aiis accident occulted I
lie was navigating a brig up the river; it was about six I
o'clock, and neai ly dal k ; the steam b at struck his brig ;
there was no lig' t • n board d her ; he was nearly in
the middle of the riser at the time; immediately alter
barring struck his brig she ran on board the barge; he
saw no light on board the steamer when she Ai uck the
barge; the steamer was not going in her proper course
when she struck the barge.
Several other witnesses were examined, whose evi
dente was of minor importance.
Sir JAMES SCA RIATT addressed the Jury in behalf
of the defendant, and complained that a prejudice had
been raised against steam vessels by owners of 4rips.
and others, on the grcund Oat those vessels were injo.
Ti9us to navigation. Some time ago he took a pa s ige
biotselt in one of the first stearrers to Dower, and on.
that occasion had an opportunity of hearing the extent
of that prejudice. He was sure the Jury would not
*offer prejudice to have anj weight in their decision;
thy would nu doobt consider steam, applied to the
aaittical art, a great discove;y, and beneficial to the
. *Karl; and commerce of, the country. With repect to
the accident of which the plaintiff cvmplained, lie should
proye that it v;as eutirgly occasioned by the lank of the
ppeople op Hoard, the barge, in ornittiug to bear up, 9r
heave about,, in order co leave the steamer room to
pass}. The l.e,arstedr Coy nsel galled the igkaster cif the
stgamer, sqQi)nd mete, and setiral /sewn; on hoard
.10 the. time of are colliSiou; and i; appeased from 054
tafttiquirri that the nkatstkr did a he, coubil to aloid
. Xligning maitre' the b,ut the latcer logld itot
VI" Iteing remtedly !glued. of dapgej, 09,1 r;
itga Me; PV•
ossss coxr Saaris.wri in !Tali, said. he, did nor.
know whether the captain had been iasiigi 1 cegch
wines on his voyage from Calais, but certainly thk

steamer had not been et:tanned with dne citation.—
She had not kept a light, spa had tleviatud :from her
proper course on the Essex side of the tiger. He cpuld
not admit that his client felt any piejudice against
steam vessels. No class of persons detived more-belie-
fit from steamers than the citizens and merchants of
London. Steam was one of the most gigantic powers
consigned to the hand of man. It was a giant's *images,
but should on that account be used s ith more care
When these vessels were propelled by steam they ought
to be governed according to the reit; of sailing; and
mastets should take clue they di of injute smaller
vessels.

The Jury, at the conclosion of Mr. DiNUAN:BI reply,
intimated that they did not wish to give his Lordship
the trouble to sum up the evidence. They were of
opinion the verdict must be for the plAintif.
Lord TICNTIRDVI-4 can'have no reason to find fault
with any verdict yr..tt may give. Gentlemen.
A verdict for the plaintiff was then recorded. and the
amount of damages was to he settled out of Court.

HOLDS WORTH V. JUIATER.
This was an action on two bilk of exchange for
5,0001. and 4,5891. 194 7d. The plaintiff sued as en-
dorsee. The bills were drawn by Messrs. Mackenzie
and Co. of Calcutta, and accepted by the defendant,
Mr. James Hunter, jun. a merchant in London. They
were foreign bills. forming part of a set which had
been drawn nod accepted by the same parties. The
defence was, that before these bills were accepted, the
counterparts if them had been accepted and put into
circulation ; and that these, being to be considered as
distinct bills, accepted by the defendant in London,
ought to have been on stamps. Evidence was gone into
to show that the bills first accepted had been endorsed
and put into circulation before the bills in question had
been accepted.
Lord TaNranDaN reserved for the consideration of
the Court above, several points of law which wee e raised
by the Counsel, and left the case to the Jury upon the
single question of fact, whether these acceptai,ces had
been given after ti e fit st bills had been accepted and
put into circulation ?
The Jury found fur the plaintiff—Damages,lo 6671.
being the amount of principal and interest on the two
bills..

In anther action :Oast the same defendant as en•
dosser, a verdict was taken for the plaintiff, by consent,
subject to the legal points reserved in the above case.

IRELAND.

BA LLI BA Y PETTY SESSIONS, JA)WALT 3.
/Roll TUE ITRERMA WI JOURNAL.

On New Year's-day a Petty Sessions had been held
at Ballibay, at which were present Major D'Arcy, In-
spector-general of Police for the province of Ulster;
Major Carter, the lately appointed stipendiary Magis
trate ; Edward Luca., Esq. Andrew Swansy, Eq. and
Major Edward Richardson. This being the first sitting
of the new Magistrate the Court was crowded to ex-
cess. After having disposed of some cases of minor
importance, the following case came on—
On the 23d of September last a man named Cassidy
bad been returning to his home, when, at the church of
Aughna Mullin, be was met by Patrick Gibson, Samuel
Gibson, and John Timlin, three ~oturions Orangemen.
These fellows had been drinking at a public house kept
by one Andrews, and one of them, Patrick Gibson, came
out, and, on seeing Cassidy approach, he called to bis
companions in drunkenness and arms to follow him and
I shoot the :axial (Cassidy), for he was another of
them;' upon which Samuel Gibson fired a gun-shot in
the direction of Cassidy. Gibson then drew out of his
pocket a ball-cartridge, saying he had plenty cf them,
and charged his gun a second time, and exclaimed,
" l)—n my soul, but I'll shoot the rascals this day,
for I have authority to do so." Timlin next came for-
esaa d and presented a gun at Cassidy, but was prevented
from firing by a person named Mayne, who wrested
the gun from him. The number of the assailants at
this time was increased to nine. They pursued their
victim as iar as his own door, where, having lost sight
of him, they fired some shots, and then applauded the
exploits! On the 2d October .following Cassidy came
to Ballibay, and consulted the sitting Magistrate, Major
Richardson, how he should act. The Magistrate recom-
mended him to summon the parties. Cassidy said he
thought, in such a case, the lot m of summoning might
be dispensed with. Major. Richardson persisted in his
original opinion, and, accordingly, the summons wa,
gramted. Or the 16th the party summoned attended
at the Petty Sessions, and Cassidy having stated his
case, and wirnesses being examined, Major Richard.
son expressed a wish that the dispute should be
amicably adjusted, adding, at the same time, " I think
nothing twat occurred on that day (the 23d Septembei)
ought to be remembered, far the people were then all
mod." After some deliberation Maj.): Richardson said
he would take no information until lie submitted the
depositions to the Government, and had the opinions of
the law officers of the Croon upon them. In this opi-
nion the other Magistrates who were present, Messrs.
Swansy and Mayne, vincurred. On the 18th ult. Cas-
sadY attended at the jessi..ns, and, when about leaving
the Court, Major Itichardscia called to him, and said
he bad received a cominuilcati n from the Government
relative to his case, in Which I.e was advised to receive
his (Cassidy's) information against Timlin alone. On
Thursday last Cassidy again came to the Sessions,
having learned that Mr. Cioker, the law agent of the
Catholic Aisociation, would attend, and, having tea-
del eal to the Bench written Min. :nations, iequested
they should be signed. Major C at ter declined entering
haw the eases, as he had not been present on the two
occasions, but consented to issne new summonses.
lrn aonstquence of the multiplicity and importance of
the cases to be investigated, the C ,urt adjourned at ten
o'clock on Thursday night 7-; thing very novel and um
poecedented at the Court of Justiciary in Ballibay.
On Eriday the Court was again thrown open et nine
o'cloCk A st. whip Majors Carter and Richardson again
took aieir seats on the bench. The crowd was nearly
as great as on the, former day. Some apes in which
tie stipendiary Magistrate's capac,ty and attention to
nu Mess were tyllydev4aped !hieing been gene through,
Casoidy again came forward, and again 'demanded *to
have Lis informations taken, or new summonses issued.
CARTUR-I find that your case has already,
been befote the Goveinment, vid, that the first law
of rt of the Crown has directed inforuations to be
taken in one caw nnly, as the others are untenable.
aux quite uriacquaintad with the circumstances of the
44w4 and 941.1Y1a theatforet give a decided opinion
upop
Cassidy-41.e. ck,e I peaseej must not have been ac,
.curatetz seatthe, government ; for, if it'
were, they,
wonlj find.ikiu he; as :.tiong against the otl,eas as mains%
tin* aNki, it tbe.e be eiecynd investigation t wilt
w,ipteAses to, papv,e it.
l .yob CAuxittr7..7.S.avciiti,ing: new inkormati,ins will in.
ya)iskate,yone flamer eeidence, if you add any thing to
key kit;urn. I think your better way
410 t a rigiuktea.9l* r, dead by, the Clown,, and the
exposure of that carte wilt stiffieientr saitistaction, tot
you, as you have not received any personal injury.—'

This h a strong-and a teardile•easerand it 4%111 not pre.
vent your bringing forward all your witnews when the
entire case maybe investigated. I ASH anxious .you
should proceed with this case, and this-al:me, beeGNISC it
will show you are not actuated by a desire to keep alive
its this unhappy country the spirit of vi-deuce and ot
partyian which has tendered it unit:mice.
Cassidy—But,-Str, it I do so, will it patent them
from coming again and firings:Au:by dour as they did
befote ?

Major CARTIR-4 hope it -may have that effect. I
know nut tomb= paitryou• belong. neither cave.
I slaver ask any man upon %what altar he makes his
offering ; but as a t rend to the pe ice of the cruntay. • I
give you this private advice, as I think it calculated to
do good, by holding out t r iviers the noble examok of
forgiving injuries.
Cassidy—All I want is to have a re.invesiigation, in
order to show tit .t my deposi.wns.h.eve been niiap-
peehended.
Major CARTEA-111 grant a pew summons if yr u
persist in demanding it ; but I would recommend the
abandonment of any circumstnnces that may be cal.
colated err widen the bleach and to keep alive the spirit
of political discord that at present so unto, tunatrly per-
vades this country. llosever, if personal injury had
been inflicted, no matter Shia might be the result, 1
would be sorry to recommend the compromis t t any
case—nay, I Mould strongly deprecate it —n ithout re-
gard to who or what the parties were. It is m ist unfor-
tunate that political feeling should be so mixed up with
every thing in this country. It pervades even the I .west
walks of life, and embitters all the spri gs of social en-
joy ment. .But what renders this c *Loony, Inc it it a
grievous calamity nide. d, mote app that it i
upon the lower orders it most fastens. You don't find
tho,e in high Ife pi,trrhng each other nu account of
political differences. No; but while they fight tt ith
ravrds, you poor unfortunate P.Jdies AI e found fighting
with sticks and watching at corners to prune upon
each other, and imbrue your !muds iu the blood of your
neighbours.
Cassidy—l think you are an lione,t man, and lam
disposed to take your airier ; but I am in a dilemma,
and l
.don't know how to act.

Major CARTER—When I am in a dilemma I always
sleep upon it for a night.
Cassidy—Oh I then, upon my soul, you are not al-
ways asleep when your ejcs are cl..sed.
Major CARTER laligheJ heart ly at the nhse,station
of the pour countrymao, and said—•s I do not culiteivr
you could be at all so placed in any dilemma as not to
be able to get out of it. ()ace snare I mica' of you so
to act as t ensure yourself ju-tice; but I beg you will'
act such a part as will show your ansiety to live on
friendly terms with per neighbours. I wish I cool.f
raring you t t abandon all political discussions wird the.,
Legislature may dep.' it prudent to settle the CAL e of
Agitation in this coup measure we all sliou.d look
forward to with pleasure.
Cassidy—l am inclined to follow your advice, because
I think you are for my good; 411,c1 it I give up one 1.11
give up all.
Major CARTER—NeII are a most magnanimous f f-
low, and I shall not fail to meat] gin this instance of tin-
bearance and moderatitot to every person whom l may
meet who has any influence with both patties.
Cassidy—Well, Sir, it would be easy to please me.
I believe your advice is good and honest, and I now
give op the whole business, for I have no malice against
any one.
Major CARTER—I consider this to be one of the hap.
pint moments of my life, for I look upon your conduct
as the harbinger of returning peace to this county.
Cassidy—l hope you may be tight; but I fear that
what you wish will not take place.
Major CARTER—Leave that to me. I am very patient
and considerate in this Court, as I am bound to be; but
if a corresponding spirit to j ours is not oiaiiifested by
others, and if large partici, assentb.ed for die purposes
ef intimidation or violence, ince me out, I promise
them they will find I shall not be playing at push-pins
with them.

POLICE I NTELLIG ENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

A few days ago, a young seaman was brought before the Loots
Mania, charged with having bad in his possession about a pound
and a half of tobacco, upon which duty had not been pail. The
penalty attached to an offence of the kind, committed by a seaman,
is the sum of 1004 or compulsion to serve on board a King's ship
for the awful period of five years. The Officers and Solicitor to
the Excise called for the conviction instarsier, and were ready to
dispatch the unfortunate seaman (whe in tears implored the corm
passion of those about him, on account of his wife and two children)
to the service of Ms Majesty.
The Loos blivon made some observations upon the cruelty of
such a sentence spun a person who had so slightly offended, and
retused to convict until the case should be represented to the Cum
missioners.

Yesterday the seaman was spin brought up, and the Loam
MATOa asked the Solicitor whether he had acquainted the Coas-
mitsioners with the sentiments which he (the Lord Mayor) had
expressed ?
The Solicitor stated, that the Commissioners had taken the case
into consideration, according to his Lordship's suggestion, and felt
the force of the observations which be had made ono the subject. In
consequence of the serious Injury which the Revenue had sustained
from smuggling. It bad been found necessary to make the penalty for
the offence a very heavy one; but it struck the Commissioners that
the case of this man appeared to be of such a nature as not to call
for serious punishment. They had, therefore, given directions that,
if it should be found, upon examination, that the defendant had net
oaf tided before in the same way, no prosecution should be instituted.
After some consultation with Mr. Dobler and the Solicitor fur
the Riche.
The Loan Mayon told the defendant what was the intention of
the Commissiouers, and that if it appeared that be had not done
any thing in the same way before, he should be discharged. Ilia
Lordship added, that if it should be ascertained, however, that be
had committed previous offences, the law should take its course.
The seaman, who seemed to be aware of the inexorable nature
of the Macke regulations, was overjoyed at this disclosure.
The Lotus MATO. then told him, that as time should be required
for making the inquiry into the character of the defendant, he
should be remanded tor one month.
The defendant would, but fur the humane and indignant inter-
position of the Chief Magistrate, have been torn from his wife and
children for the ive years.
The Deputy and two Common Councilmen of one of the Wards
Appeared to complain agaiust a constable in his own right, for ex-
traordinary conduct In the watchhouse, which he seemed to con-
sider his own dominions.

The Gentlemen stated that they had gone into the watchhotise
one night, fix the purpose of ascertaining whether 'things were
going on properly, and they saw the night constable. and asked
him some questions relative to the watchmen. Instead. howevtr,
'of d pit y giving them information, he refused to kt them know
any thing at all on the subject a; which they required intelligence,
and ihrratened to turn than out of the watchhouse, from whisk
they departed without bring wiser than when they entered.
The Loyd 31,avoa, upon looking at the book of charges at the
waichbouse. perceived that the Constable hi question had entered,
All quiet, with the exception of three prestos, whet 1:111120 in
and kicked up a row, but I turned them unt, and we were all
peaceable"--( Weiner).
Oat. Lousainir, at the request of the Gentlemen, sent to the Con.
stable, with a ts questthat he would be so good as to attend et the

The Constable attended accordingly, and upon bearing the charge,
said thu the complainants strutted into the watchhouse, and Most
insolently spoke of the of atcbmen aa his " Now, m be
was as good as any one of those interrogaton at least, and did not
associate with watchmen, akbough be perforated ie duties, of a
Constable, be comidered melt latignagi imoleat ip the tstrente ; and
as taco alafic." noise ip the eyetchhome, be thought he could not de
,better th eyrite down tips tliey M kicked up a ruve"—(leaughter).
*rhe cOniplahminie pec'a difientit ension in ewe respectrfrong

ibis; but, at the Lots 11•voa'a flegystiani %beg said they *ow
b aatiafied.witkan
be constabk said that nothing should indoeeldm Si) make op
apology. as it he were 'objected to such treatment again Iteshoolg
act in preciaely do" same 'wanner.
GUILDHALL.

Yesterday Charles Irbil; s;;1;;u for'final etaminadoe,
ch srged with detramittg various parties of bones, cows, and pigs,
In the case of Lamborn., the 011ordshire farmer, who gem
defile cows and calves for sale to his brother Christopher, in town,
who coodrmed the testimony of Richard Unshorn', as given in
our Paper of yesterday, the prisoner w.s committed for obtaining
by false pretences; and there being no further evidence in the othet
case, the Althirman announced that he should commit on thew
also, and directed Me depositions to be prepared.
The pout widow Colvin, who was defrauded of seventeen pig%
put in a petition for relief, representing that she had been ruined by
the above loss.

Believing her to be a deserving object, the Aldermen (Controls%
and Vmiaatas) subscribed 10% etch tor lief relief, and their ra.
ample was followed by some Gen:lemen in the room, whn sub.
seribt d 12% 6d. more.

William Nicholls, a waterside labourer, was charged with stealing
thirtet n tlecAnters, and other articles of cut glum, 414, front
the •warehouse of Mr. Chafing, in Hangtvg Sword-alley, Watec•
Fwet-,tract.—lle wa•

HATTON GARDRN.

WiNam Sinner, Henry S',hpier. and John Praise were ern.
milted to tht of Corte' dirt fur two month*, as reputed
thieves; a sucking pig, of which t'tey couhl Live no satisfactory AIM
count, being fou d in their poiws.io r.
QUEEN—SQU A R

Yesterday Thomas Lloyd wag re examint d, charged on setpicl n
of btealing an invilesote number o stamp., the property of Gute•n.
ment, from the B:11 and M. e• h I in, in St ptember last. Wittwa ee
proved that the .46 e had hi-en broken into, and three halm of
stamps out of eight ab3tract.d. The robbers had obtained entrance
through the stables, which are under the office, and by breaking
through the'flooring, got moth,: office. They 634 left behind them
a crow bar, a handkerchief, and a bludgeon. He was taken with
the stamps in &Weft and cart at Ken-ingtott, as stated some days
since. lie was folly committe 1