Star.
London, England, 1828-11-20 00:00:00

LAW INTFLLIGEkE.

COURT OP CHANCERY, Nov. 19.
•,CHIPPIINDALR JOHNSON.
The court was occupied during the gteater part of
the .clay in hearing the arguments of Counsel in this
-case, which was begun some days ago.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he would consider the
case, and give judament heieafer.
BOTCHEI.Z V. MILL AND OTHERS.
Mr. SUDDEN moved to discharge an order made by
the V ce Chancellor, who had dismissed a motion f sr
the payment of motley into Court. It was stated that
Me vs. Bell, Scott, and Co. had houses at Glasgow, at
Malta, and Gibraltar, and that in the course of their
trade they had dealings with Messr.. Whiteheads, oho
merchants residing in Sc. tland. Messrs. IVhitehezds,
who had consigned certain goods to the fit m atGibralt sr,
directed them to pay out of the proceeds of the con•
signmenr a sum of 1,'2001. to Mrs. Hannah ‘Vlritehead,
t •eir mother; the money had never been paid, and
Messrs. Woiteheads having become bankrupts it aas
now claimed by their assignees, who had filed a bill
against Mr. Bell, residing in this country, and his part-
ners, Messrs. Scott and Co. who, living at Glasgow,
were cut of the Chancellor's jurisdiction. Mr. Bell, in:
his answer, admitted that the proceeds of the goods con-
signed by Whiteheads were in tie hands of his partners,
and upon this admission the motion was now made.
Mr. PEPYS and Mr. WRIGHT opposed the motion,
and sta eel that the parties to the firm in Scotland
hating had two separate claims tirade upon them for
this money, had instituted a suit of multiple-puinding,
which is a proceeding analogous to an it.terpleading
suit in Sc. tl .rid, and had paid the money into Court to
abide the decision of that suit. This was stared by
Ili. Bell in his answer, and it was upon this get uod he
opyosed the present motion.
The Loon CHANCELLOR thought, that whatever lia-
bility might attach to Mr. Bell, as a partner in tie firm
by which the money had been received, he was relieved
from it I y the steps which his partners had token it,
Scotland; neither he nor they could be called upon to
p sy the money to ice; he the; rime dismissed the motion.
VICF..CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 19.
TAYLOR V. BARCLAY AND OTI1E: S.—JUDGMENT.
It tk ill be recollected that this case arose to or ts ans.
actlins connected with the loan to the Gu.,trmal . Go.
'ern:cent. Tne plaintiff had filed a b 11 of discovery,
and in that bill he had silted that the defendants were
agents to the Government of the in.!eyendent state of
Guatemala. To this bill a demur' et had been put in,
on the ground that the state ul Guatemala had as t been
recognised by the Government of this country.
The VICE CHANCELLOR said that he had made in-
quiries, and ascertained from the prolate authorities,
that the State of Guatemala was not recognized hrthis
violas'''. The plaintiff, therefore, had put upon his bill
an averment which was historically false, and of which
the Court was bound to take judicial notice. In other
respects this cote did not differ from that of 41 Thoniv.
spa and Barclay," which hJel been lately decided. In
a care In stitch an averment similar to t' :it on the Lill
of t e piaintiff bad been made respecting the republic
of Colotobia, Lord ElJon had said tha he could take
na notice of such a republic. In this Di• L sidsliip ap-
pealed to have ac:ed merely upoo th st :.uhlic policy
which forbids the Courts to i oerfere with G verisnie is
not recognized by the t't rte. In cr nis I naty se itti Cult
precedent, he must allow the d moiler in this case.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WISTXINSTO6 Nut. 19.
TRIAL AT BAR.
BOWE I. BRENTON—DOE V. BRENTON—THE KING V.
ROWS AND BRENToN.
This morning, in eons. cuo rice r f the above causes
being appointed to be tri.d at the bar, the Court was
crowded to excess at an early hour, from the supposed
novelty of t' e proceeding; but ti;is process is almost
as old ai the law, and to define it simply, it is in point
of facua trial by Jury before the four Judges of the
Court. The whole question in the prete. t cases is, to
whom certain capper mines in Cornwall belong? The
first tf the above actions seas brought in trover, to re-
cover the value t f certain copper ore, which Brenton
and other n.en had carried off in the assertion of right.
The srcoral was an action of ejectment, to recover pos-
session of the mine in question, of which the defend-
ants had taken possession; and the third was an action
brought by the Crown to recover the property, assert.
ing, that neither of the other parties bad any rigl.t, but
the whole below the surface belonged to the King, in
his character c f Duke of Cornwall.
For the plaintiff, the Counsel were Mr. BRoUGHAM,
Mr. ERMINE, Mr. PATTISON. and Mr. FOLLETT.
Tr .e Crown and the defendants were represented by
the ATTORNZT-GENRRAL, the SOLICITOR-GRNRRA L, Sir
JAMES SCARLET?, MI. HARRISON, K.C. Mr. DAMPlelt,
and Mr. COLERIDGE.
The trial at bar is a proceeding directed by the pre-
rogative power of the Court, when motion is made
founded loon sufficient reason ; but it is settled by se-
veral ancient cases that where the Crown claims it has a
right to insist upon a trial at bar. With this race' Lion
of the right on the part of the Crown, the rule with re-
. gard to trial at bar is, that it will not be allowed except
the property be c I the value c f 10a. and the probable
length of the inquiry is no ground. Difficulty must
concur; and in order to obtain it upon that ground, it
is not sufficient to state generally in an affidavit th
the cause is ezpeded to be difficult; but the particular
difficulty must be pointed or.t, that the Court ma) juslg•
whether it is sufficient. (Vide Say. Rep. 79; and ire
2A Lil. Pr. Reg. 604, and Ist Barnard, K.B. 141 ; and
in Doe on demise of Angell v. Angell, T. 36 Geo 111.
K B.) The Court of King's Bench refused a trial at bar
in ejectment, on the mere allegation of probable diffi-
culty, and tie length of a pedigree. So in a cause con-
cerning tights of chase, the Common Eris *dosed a
trial at bar, though there was an immense quantity of
' documentary testimony of great antiquity, and a vast
deal dotal evidence.
The four Judges having taken their seat on the Bench,
the Associate proceeded to call the names of the Jurors,
many a whom were excused on various grounds; one
in particular being a Colonel on full pay. When the
Jury were sworn, all of whom were freeholders in He-
refordshire, in which county the venue is laid, it became
impossible to proceed further, in consequence of the
vast number of persons who occupied the fluor and ave
noes of the Court, noto ithstanding every effort male by
Upstairs and constables to leave a passage for Couosel.
Lord TRWMIDEN ordered the Upstairs to clear the
Court, and in case any person refused, to have him
brought before his Lordship, when he should inflict a
fine. This threat was repeated several times before his
Lordship's order could be attended to. When the noise
• occasioned by clearing the Court a little subsided,
' Mr. BROUGHAM addressed the Jury. He stated that
this action was brought before the Court for the fourth
time, and he hoped, from she decision of the Jury, it
would be the last. Mr. R .we, when the case was
brought before the Court in 1826, was alive, and the
proceedings were carried on since his decease by hia
CIeC9LOIS. The subject of the present action arose

out of the following circumstance—ln the year 1814,
Mr. Rowe purcha.ed an estate in Cornwall, near 8!.
Austell, a,fjoining the defendant's estate, called East
.
Crionts, and shoray after he went into possession he
suck the shaft of a mine, from which he raised, from
time to time, a vast quantity of copper me,which he had
de,.osited on the surface of his estate, known by the
name of R.,se le Moor. It so happened that the de-
fendant, accompanied by a mob of at least fotty persons,
proceeded to the sot where this ore was d..po,i.ed, and
having previously Itft a letter, purporting t be urine
scnt of notice, he, by means of carts, anti the mob at
his command, on the 6th S:ptember, 1820, carried
off the ore, for the value of which this action was
brought. The Learned gentleman having slightly ad-
verte.i to the firmer trials, concluded b) Aleut ing the
Jury he w ould prove to their satisf +clot) the right of his
client, Lot only to the value of the ore, bu: also to that
of tie mine, which is the real queation at issue.
Mr. Louisa 0 el called

Francis Vivian—Was acquainted with the late Mr.
Jas Row e ; knows the property he yossse,sed in Corn-
wall; held it in 1814, d.►wit to his decease. Wi ness,
as his agent, paid parish rates; was Mit, ucted in June,
1820, to :Vic a shalt to open a mine of copper ore; did
so on the Mellon property on the eastern boundary ;
raised ore to the surface, in the first instance, 15 tons;
had it partly dressed ter the market; saw it on the 4th
of September, 1820; was at the mine on the 6,.h of Sep.
teniber,when he f and the ore was removed; Mr. Rowe
was in London; went, by inst uttion of Mr. ltowe, to
the defendant Brenton, and tAsi him be ntidersbrid he,
Brenton, r. moved the ore ; lie replied he did but that
little blanbe should be attached to him, as he acted foi
Iris employ it's:
Cr ss-examined by the ATTORNEY GENaßlitri—Wit-
ness's employmei t is Captlin of the mines ; witness went
to reside with the plaintiff in the year 1811 ;
had not purchased the Mellon estate till 1814 ; never told
witness what he gave for it; believes he bought it from
a Mr. Pierce ; the property is called Itose le Melon ;
the Eist Crinnis shaft was sunk ab •ut twenty yards be. li
ynnd the plaintiff's property. called Rose le Mellon ;
don't know there was much copper taken from that..
sha't; knows a person named Barbary ; he is not la
Captain, he is a comm is miner ; wi tress employed hen,
without knowing whom he had worked for l-ast; did
not know he Isai just left t'teCr inr,is shaft ; witness pose
Bar Is Hy directions is sink the shaft, which he did, with
three o hers; witness sunk the shaft within a few yards
lot the b. uncial). ; it is a common prier Lice to :ink tl,e 0)4
so near the boon 'ary of the property ; it vi as su.,k
within 24 yards of the Cr innis shaft ; could n• t see w hat
they were doing at the E .st Crimes', shaft, as he mild
not okinguish rubbish from copper ore at the distance'
of 24. yards ; never saw any thing removed from the
Ea t Crinnis shaft, before or since June 1820; when
witness sunk the *heft he w emit down ; it was about 24
s aids deep; don't know how many yards elsets the
Ea-t Crinnis sh ft is; a road runs between the East
Crinnis shalt Sod R'ISC le Mellon ; witness has walked
.long that road which runs within ten yards of the East
ion's shaft ; saw riibbiall on the shaft; witness sunk
~is shaft a• Wise le Mellon, near the East Crinnis shaft,
tor ihe t topbse of coming at it, supposing the vein
run in that direction; the two kite's produced ace in•
the plaintiff's hand writing ; witness was on clbse terms
of intimacy with the late Mr. Rowe; the property was
fnen.eily a wale, called Moor le Mellon.

By Mr. ERSKINE—The property was fenced all
round with stone wall's; Mr. Rowe has a house on it;
understood that the C:innis mine belonged to a Mr.
Carthew, plaintiff in another action; witness sank two
Daher shafts; the loads removed by the defendant were
taken nut of 4tother shaft, and not from the shaft ad-
joining the East Crinuis slat.
By Mr. Justice BAYLEY—Sunk the shaft near the
Ea t Csinnis Work first; the plaintiff's estate contains
shout '26 acres ; it is a bounded estate; &yes the ownes
the sight to sink shift and mine, previlus to which pits
are sunk, for which there is a bound-master to prevent
the owner sinking far tin.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL addressed the Jury, con
tending that the plaintiff's Counsel were bound to prove
their sight to sink the shafts before his client entered
into his defence.

The Sotacrroa-Gzu ERA t. folloved on the same side,
contending that the plaii tiff brought a similar action in
.1824, against another defendant named Glanville, and
was nonsuited, it being 'noted that the defendant seized
every load of copper the pliintiff raised.

Mr. BROUGHAM said, the report just quoted must be
Incorrect, inasmuch as the question was then whether
the ore so taken was not raised by the defendant ?

Sir Luau Scartmrr contended, in support of the
arguments ci the defentlint's case, that no evidence
whatever was offered by the plaintiff to show what title
he had to this property, beyond that of the surface. No
mention was made as to whether it is a freehold, copy.
hold, or leasehold propetty ? He therefore contended
he was bound to show his title before t':e case could go
to the Jury.
Mr. HA tumor; also insisted that the right to posses-
,ion of the surface .!id not authotise the plaintiff, when
he sunk the mine, to take possession i f the, ore which
the defendant was previously in possession of.

Mr. BROUGHAM, in reply to the arguments of the
four Lt•arned Gentlemen for the defendart, said he
wilted the Court to be made perfectly accprarr ted sit
the plaintiff's case, as hi, obj..et V4ai lean, net to shoo
his title to the e-tate, as the quetion became rr.e as to
the right of property in the ore, which was preiriou,li
raised and placed on the surface of the land in the
plaintiff's possession—and he bel,eved that Vivian, who
stated that there was a crop of corn on the land in
question, was a sufficient proof of the plaintiff's title to
the surface.

Lord TiNTERDEN replied, he did not hear the wit..
ness itate who removed the corn; hut he ci,nsidered by
inference that the plaintiff did—howe%er, be would
examine Vivian as to that fact. Lord Tenterden then
examined Mr. Vivian, who deposed that the plaintiff cut
and removed the corn.

The ATTORWIT GENZRAL, about twelve o'clock, ad-
dressed the Jury in support of the rights of the Clown
I in the character of Duke of Cornwall. His speech lasted
six hours. During that time Mr. Attorney General
stated the substance of the mass of documentary evi
deuce which be intends to submit to the Jury. He teliesl
upon an instillment from the Court of Exchequer, which
goes back to 1337, about the time when the Duchy
of Cornwall was created, and describes the nature
of the property acquired by the Duke of Cornwall.
A transcript of the instrument forms a large folio
book. It was obvious upon the face of that instru.
ment, he said, that the Crown at the present day
had possession of the mine with the copper and tin,
which bad become the subject of action. It would appear
that the tenants under the Duke of Cos nwall held by
leases renewable at the end of every seven years on pay-
ment of fines, and that the right in the soil guard copper,
tin, and silver,- must remain in the Duke of Cornwall.
Other ancient instruments and n.uniments were de-

'match and ear chilly the Parliamentary survey in the
timed the Commonwealth in pH* qt the same fact.
At six o'clock the ATTORNLY-GIMERAL sat down.
The July were much exit sits eJ at 'hat time, a•,d them
appeared to be a general debire to &journ lumber press
ceedingt.
Lot di TENTIRDIIN—It will be impossible to fi..i h this
cause at one bitting. It must be adjourned; and per-
baps, Mr. Attorney• General, you will think this the
proper thine tor adjournment. Human strength cannot
go beyond a certain extent.
'llse ATTORNEY GENIERAL, Counsel on both sidey,
and the duly, gladly c,nsented to adjourn. T..e Jury
were con.• got ntly di•charged, and rude ed to attend
ag sin to.n.o.tow morning at 10 o'clock, when the cans
will be further
ARCHES COURT, Nov. 19.
BRON N V BROWN.

The KING'S A nveca TC said, this cave came be ios e the
Court on the question of alimony. It was a suit insti-
tuted by a Mis. Blown against her husband, by reason
of et itchy and adultery. Mr. Brown was a fame.,
resieling at Sr. Ives, Huntingdonshire, and at 00 tin e
this •u.t was commenced chip ted the valijity of the
marriage. The Court, however, decided that question
against him; and to enable it to come to a conclu:i ti
respecting alimony, ordered him to m eke affidavits I f
his circumstances. This he had accordingly done,
wherein be state•, that s;nce the commencement of the
suit he bad coolie: ed the whole of his copyhold estate
to ti nitres, for t►'e benefit of his five children be a tot-
met wi e; that it i. not of more va'ue than 4,204 and
is encumbered to the amount of 1,20.1. and unit he was
not at the present time possessed of any ptoi erty what-
ever, except his furniture and westing apparel. The
Learned Counsel contended, that he must be considered,
by his own affidavits, to be worth 3,0001. for the Court
would nt ver allow a person in such circumstances, to
evade the payment of alimony, during the progress of
the suit, by the conveyance of his property to other per-,
th at he might put in a plea of poverty.
Dr. l'orwmons (Counsel fur the husband) trusted
the Coutt would not think this a case in which alimony
.night to be awarded. It certainly was one i f the most;
unfortunate cases that had ever come nudes its cons'.
dermiun ; and he would have been happy (slid was con-
fident his learned friend would also) if the case could
have been compromised betoeen the parties, as teem-
.e enJe.l by the Court when last before it; for, although
the mat rage had been declared valid, there could be
no doubt that Mrs. Brown was afflicted in such a man-
ner, arising iron mal-formati-n, that the parties could
not cohabit together. Under these circumstances Mr.
Brown had been advised t► convey what property he
had t • trustees, for the maintenance t f his clisidten b)
a former wife; and the Court w, uld !was in mind that
there was an affidavit, stating that Mrs. Bro vn had an
annuity of 40 guineas per annum, which was quite suf-
ficient for her support. lie trusted that the Court
would not think any alimony ought to be allt.tted in
this case.
S:r J. NICHOL Said the Court had decided on the va.
lidtty o f the marriage, and there could be no doubt but
that the wife was entitled to alimony during the regular
proceedings in the suit. With . respect to Mr. Brown
conveying over his property since the commencement
of the cast., for tle alleged purpose of supporting his
children by a former wife, the Court could easily under-
stand o hat was his true intention; it was a cot ttivance
to deprive Mrs. Brown of what she was justly entitled
to; but his object would be frustrated, for the Court
would treat that conveyance as a fraudulent one; and
as he bad admitted the property to be
.of the value Of
three thousand pounds, would order him to pay to Mrs.
Brown fifty pounds per year during the proceedings in
the stri for separation.

HAMERTON V. HAMERTON.
In this case, which wa. argued at very great length
on the last Court (Loy, Dr. ADDAMS was heard against
the divorce prayed for by Major Hamerton. The
Learned Counsel admitted that Mrs. H. had been guilt)
of greet mi.conduct and levity of mind in her acquaint.
ance wi.h Mr. 13,..he, but contended that there was no
proof that the act ref adultery had actually been com-
mittee, and without positive proof of that fact he was
not entitled to the relief prayed for.
Dr. LUSHINGTON replied.
Sir JOHN NICHoLL immediately pronounced judg.
ment. He was of opinion, that although great culpa-
bility had been proved on the part of Mrs. Hameiton,
yet that no act of adultery had been proved, and the
Court felt bound to distills. the libel.

Dr. LUSHINGTON begged permission of the Court to
examine %%iota e, at Paris.

Sir J. NICHOLL—That I have ne) objection to; there-
foie let the matter stand over for the present.

GLASt3OW, N0v.15.

EXPLOSION IN A COAL MINE--At Cowglen, on the
morning i f Monday last, as George Anderson, overr
man, Gabriel Wingate, sen. Andrew. Bennie, sen. and
James Ito,', miners, were proceeding t a distant part
of the mine to repair a road, their lamps ignited the
gas which had co lected at the roof, and an evplosion
took place, by which they were scotched, the three men
slightly, but Mr. Anderson severely. His whole body
was one entire blister, of a blackish colour. He died
on Thursday morning, leaving a wife and nine children
to mourn ever him. He had been, long oirersman in
the mine, end was much tespected by his employers,.
and held in high esteem by the workers. From the
time the explosion toc.k place, he was fully aware of his
approaching deatii, and appeared quite resigned to the
will of PROVIDENCE Though deprived cif his sight,
he knew his friends by their voice,' and could converse
with them. It was truly a heart-rending scene to see
surrounded by his wife and children, and in the
middle of his agony to hear him counselling them as to
their future conduct.

By the death of Doctor PEAIISOII there ate several
medical offices vacant. Those of Senior Physician to
S . George's Hospital. and s t Consulting Physician to
the Royal Union Association, have already become oh-
j-cts of competition. The regret for his (huh is universal
and sincere.

SBA Src[t►aSS —A correspondent, who says he has
made many long voyages, and always found immediate
relief from it, recommends the following as an excellent
and immediate relief for sea sickneas: Take a few fresh
fip, reduce them to a pulp, and mix them with a little
►urn or Chimpaigne wine, diluted with ten er twelve
drops of lemon acid—then let the persons labouring
Under this severe sickness drink it, and they will
speedily recover.
Tuesday afternoon, about rine o'clock, a young chin.
neysweep, not having the fear of the Old Bailer before
him, 'contrived to enter the rvsidence of Newman
Knowles, Esq. Recorder of London, and stole several
silver spoons and folks, markt d w ith a crest, an 66 ele-
phant's head,' with a It.ch he escaped. The house of
henry flow, Esq. Stairlord-stteet,Blacktriars. was alio
robbed cf a quantity cf plate and other articles.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
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MANSION—HOUSE.
A °nickel= complained to the Loss Mayo' that a
position had been practised upon hint by the drive! of tit,,,7
who demanded and received from him 3s. 164. being het
complainant bad taken out a summons against the driver :r-
o
to have the matter settled before the Lord Nlayor, but the dci,„7
• II; no where to be found. His Lordship fben ordered A—
proprietor of the cabriolet should be summoned, and he low "I
peated to account for the conduct of his k mint.aF
The defendant said, that eaeb of his caln list, ts con him ,e3k
year, au.l that the returns were tiot an adequate remuneration
juli
the anxiety, risk, and positive loss accompaiiiing this sort of tra&•
lie did wit, be declared, know where to find the driver, wh„,,,—•
of course, conscious that he deserved punishment. bottling
give him greater pleasure than to see punishment billeted to th
tell extent, but be did not know how a master could preveet the
offense of which
nooke driver was guilty, and he therefore saLtui•ty
that there was ground for adjudging a penalty.
The Loma Alarou, in passing judgment, said, that littiftgli
believed there was no division of the spmf, and that the defesawit
b.d within, whatever to do with the moral offeuelvet the kg;t,„"
certainly descended upon him, in consideration tat the puisac, 7,
must be protected.
The defendant was then lined gf`s. and the complifnant M*
diately transmitted his moiety to the Committee for the !Wit( it
the Spanish Behalves.
BO MAT R F. ET.
EZTINOMNI,O Tea LICHIT •1' THR Ting. -.-YeUenlay, Grew
Fair/dm', a mc,jdje steed youth of three and twenty, with alk
brown hair, hooked nose, coarse pale projectiug cheeks, and toot
lug mouth and chin, saws whiskers and nioustach•s, and dreic„.,4
a white shabby coachman's great coat, was brought to the enc,.i.
Miles and Lacy, liow-street olficers, charged with being dctta-01
on 'faraday night by them, extinguishing the gas lights at a,
Adelphi 'foram.
The witnesses proved seeing Fairland turn the gas repeat
'this bad the effect of putting out the lights.
The prisoner was ordered to give bail to appear at the Seaaai.
HAT lON-GARDEN.
Wines. Toss was yesterday brought front Eagle.street wadi.
house, charged with atrociously indecent conduct toward, ~,as
feinales.
Mr. Serjeant Salami ordered the Flamer to be contained le
three months.

MART-LA-BONNU.
Jabs Omen, a young man of respectable appearance, was elinvg
with attempting to steal the glasses from, the carriage w
Blackwell, of Seymour-place. From the evident* of the f,
It appeared that he was riding on the bort with the coachman (ti,
carriage being empty) through Portman-square, when, on wigs,
tally looking back, he observed the carriage door open, eog
prisoner running by the side. He told the coachman to my, ay
jumping down ptlrsoed the prisoner, who ran a,f& Naval sew,
taken him, he charged him with an attempt to steal the
The prisoner denied the charge, said be was a gentleman, ww
fried the witness his watch to let him go ; the witres., holm;
refused the bribe, and delivered him over to the Civil Point—
The prisoner now denied the charge altogether, and saiillieskag
the watch as security for his attendance when calk-don. I; mad
out that Mr. John Owen was not unkoonn to the dicers, and&
Magistrates sent him to the tread mill for three mouths.

WORSHIP-STREET.

A boy, named lenses Farrel, was examined on a charge of Glossy.
The prisoner, who bas frequently been in custody, has beet triad
at the Old Balky, on a charge of hawse breaking, and had km silly
a week out of prison when last apprehended. Ile was stepped
the street by Fordham, a constable. Two parcels of starnpidi,spn
which he had at the time, were proved to have been stoke, tau
from a Alr. Smith, in White Lion-street, and the other fret a
house in the City•road. The handkerchief be was carrying tin
in was also identified as the property of Mr. Hobson, to wins sot
of the parcels of paper belonged. The prisoner said, Fordham bad
a spite against him, and therefore took him into custody, lie we
committed, and removed from the bar, exclaiming against the
officer's spite.
TOWN—HALL
Ifary Plencenfort, a woman with eight children, all decent
clothed, was charged by Warby, the street-keeper, with begging.
Warby stated that she bad a large petition pinned to her brow
beaded " Pity, for Gon's sake ! and collected such crowds du:
the footpath was rendered impassable, and the inhabitants insisted
on her removaL The woman, who admitted receiving M. pet
week from St. George's parish, which she said was insufficient for
the support of them all, her husband having kft them for his inn
country (Holland). The officers proved she might add to theism
allowed her by employing her children in making nineties, as en
bad formerly done. Sir Joon Palmas told her she must not lit
stela found begging, under pain of being eget to misom—'lit
Magistrate, on her quitting, ordered her WU-crows from tit
office box.

UNION—IIALL
ATsocions ASSAULT.—WiIIiam Sinneet, a blacksmith, in Coin.
street, London.road, was charged by a young woman, who lodged
with anot►er of the same class la a loan opposite the prisoner, wits
having committed a terrible meek on them on Tuesday tend*
She stated, that while they were standing together at the street
door of the house in which they lived, the defeneant came towards
them unperceived. and threw a tea cup of vitriol in their faces The
agony it caused was indescribable. Their shrieks brought a crawl
to the spot; and her companion, who was most injured, was takes
to the The complainant showed her cheek and vest,
which were dreadfully burnt; and a certificate from the megrim
the Hospital was produced, which stated that but slight hopes wen
entertained of saving the sight of the patient brought thither.
The defendant did not deny the charge, but mid the girls
been always annoying hint.
The Magistrate observed. it was one of the most brutal assails
he had ever heard of, and held the prisoner to bail to take his trial
at :he Sessions.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE FANCY.

Jem Ward and Syntex; Byrne.—Last Right was appointed far
making the fourth deposit of £25 a.side for this fight good, at Peter
Crawley, Duke-street, Smithfield; but on time being called, asd
Ward's money posted, a letter was read from Byrne to Tom Spring,
in which he " stated that accidental circumstances prevented In
reaching Glasgow in time to • raise the wind,' and timer', Wm!
no Spring's generosity, and Ward's forbearance to save a Wei!.
Ward, however, adverted to the deal with which be had been ets
dulged by Byrne, and claimed forfeit. Spring, under "fain.
ing circumstances." did not feel inclined to put the needful dor4
and in consequence a forfeit of the £5O down took place. Wad
then declared that be was willing to fight Byrne for an even lass
dyed, and itr this way the meeting terminated.

Four colliers were severely burnt in Ouston Pit co
Wednesday last, by an explosion of fire damp.
A mole, entirely white—a most beautiful creature—
was caught the other day in the vicinity of Balms•
kewan House, by the gardener there.--Montroseertre.
In consequence of a decrease in the price of forage,
the allowance to innkeeFers and others in Ireland for
Artillet y, Cavalry. and Commissariat,harses, is reduced
from Is. to 10d. a night.—Dablia Evening Post.
Thursday last the town of Hexham was thrown into
alarm by the bell tower of the new Catholic chap•l theta
falling down and doing considerable damage.
Mr. Joseph Mitchinson. fishmonger, of Catlisle, a
few days ago, caught in the canal the astonishing nu*
ber of 1,011 spading, at one draught.
Mr. Palmm, who had engaged Miss PHILLIPS for
three years at eight pounds per week, has, it is said,
offeted t,r cancel that engagement, and to enter sato
aew one for five years, at the capitation of which time
she will be of age, at eight pounds, ten pounsls,tacchl
pounds, fifteen pounds, and sixteen pounds per week.

DIED.
lately of the plague. at Gibraltar, the venerable Archbishop
Elva., who, as a friend to the Charter, and a faithlui subject ut Iho
Pedro, was obliged to Ave from Yurtupl uu the tour ration of Pen
Miguel. The Reverend I'relate had taken refuge in that tamer,
,in leaving his native country, sonic months ago.

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