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;e were stated by the defendants to relate

The question

a private affairs of the testator
r sufficient appeared upon the answer to exclude
)ks from the inspection sought.

giving judgment, said he thought the an

swer loose and inaccurate in several respects. In a case of
" Murray v. Walter," before Lord Cottenham, an executor
found assets of his testator in the hands of his banker, and

directed him to alter the heading of his account, by changing
the name of the deceased party into that of the executor,
and to keep all the accounts and all moneys under that head-

ng. Inquiry being sought, it was said that the account
ought was a private one, relating to the personal estate of
he testator. His lordship decided that, notwithstanding the

.ading, the nature of the account remained un-
and that it must be produced. In the present case,
aying how he should ultimately decide, he should

es leave to make such affidavits as they might
ie purpose of satisfying the court that the en-
ss-books did not relate to the business affairs
and that they did not comprise moneys in
interested. He thought the answer

or tne testator,
which the esta'

ed a manifest mixture of the money

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DEANERY OF ST. PATRICK'S

FRIDA

'he Court of Deli

_ tes, pursuant to adjournment, met this
morning to deliver judgment in this long-litigated case. The
Judge Crampton, Judge Perrin, Baron
nsend.

ielegates wer

aster Henn, and

The point at issue was the validity of two votes—that of
the Archbishop of Dublin and that of Doctor Todd
Doctor Radcliffe, Judge of the
cided th.*

Togative Court, had de-

h vote

id. Upon the appeal of
a, the following has been

gainst that dec

court was unanimously of opinion that his Grace the
,ioop of Dublin was entitled to vote as Prependary of
. without having taken the oath of canonical obedience.
.ee of the delegates—namely, Baron Richards, Master
and Master Townsend—were of opinion that Doctor
being an officer removable at pleasure by the Lord

,eutenant, was not entitled to vote.
Mr. Justice Perrin dissented from the latter decision, and
Anion that Doctor Todd was entitled to vote.
if the delegates, however, having otherwise

majority

4uestion, Doctor Daly is in a majority of one.
3e Crampton fully concurred with the majori

petent to Dr. Wilson to apply to the Chan-
t five other delegates to re-hear t'

natter I sufficient garri

and ga,
spoke

'under the follo

" using subtle craft, means, or device to deceive and impose
on the complainant," and sentenced to five weeks' hard
labour.--Oxford Herald.

The French soldiers were crowded on the parapet of their
work, watching the progress of an attack upon Miravete ;
which, however, was merely a feint, intended to have been
simultaneoua svith the escalade. They had no suspicion of
an attack till the rush of the assailants, the sight of their
ladders, and the opening of their firing parties, alarmed them,
already on the alert, into swift resistance. With a good
order, exceeded only by their valour, the 50th Regiment,
and one wing of the 71st, soon mounted the parapet, and the
defenders gave way. Their contest for the interior defences
was but short; they abandoned the intrenchment and tower,
and fled to the tete de pont. Here was a scene of great con-
fusion ; for the pursuers entered the work with them. They
rushed upon the bridge; but three of the boats were already
cut away by the fugitives who first crossed. Many fell or
leaped into the river, and were drowned ; and about 250 were
made prisoners.
. _ _

The river was soon passed; the towers and magazines in
the fortes, and in the tete de pont, were blown up; the guns
thrown into the Tagus ; the palisades,:barriers, stores of tim-
ber and of tools, the pontoons and their carriages, were con-
sumed by fire, and the works utterly effaced and destroyed.
This important service was effected with the loss of only 15
officers and 162 privates, killed and wounded.
In reference to the battle of Waterloo, it is observed by
Captain Boyle Sherer, that there does not seem to hove been
that accurate information gathered of tne share borne by the
corps under Lord Hill in this memorable battle as in those
actions already recorded. It is true, that for some time the
corps of Lord Hill took no prominent part in the engage-
ment. The post of his Lordship during the severe combats
at Hougoumont, La Haye Sainte, and on the centru of the
position, was on the slope of the heights of Merke Brrine, to
the right of the Nivelle-road, covering the right wing of the
general line. From this position he anxiously observed every
movement of the enemy ; and, as Napoleon gradually con-
centrated his left in the impetuous attacks upon Hougou-
mont, his Lordship carefully opposed him until the whole of
his command was formed in squares on the heights which
overlooked that important position between the roads of
Nivelle and Gemappe. From this moment to the triumphant
close of the battle, he directed their operations in person.
In the great crisis of this conflict, when Napoleon made
his last effort, and the Imperial Guard advanced to the at-
tack, the services of Lord Hill, and especially of that brigade
of his Lordship's corps commanded by Lieutenant-General
Adam, were conspicuous ; and by the judgement and ardour
with which he supported the British Guards, he largely con-
tributed to the final and glorious result.

In the year 1828, his Lordship was appointed the General
Commanding in Chief of the Army of England, a situation
at the Horse Guards which he continued to fill under seve-
ral Ministries. _

Though we believe Lord Hill, as a commander, never
suffered a defeat, yet no heedless sacrifice of life ever
purchased for him the field of victory. The laurels he
bravely won were solely attributable to his generalship and
extraordinary skill in directing the energies of his troops
under his command :—" With Hill," it was usually observed
by the soldiery, " both life and victory may be ours." The
Soldier's Friend was his acknowledged title.
His lordship was in his 71st year, and is succeeded in his
title by his nephew and heir, Sir Rowland Hill, Bart., M.P.,
of Hawkstone, which will consequently cause a vacancy in
the representation of the northern division of this county.
Viscount Clive will be the new member.

FICKLE WOMAN.—A woman named Eliza Taylor, 40
years of age, was last week committed for trial at Hereford
assizes for bigamy. it appeared that a honeymoon and a week
.

were sufficient fo'r her aYection towards her husband, having
on the 24th of Septemder married one George Taylor, and
on Nov. Ist sworn to "love, honour, and obey" Ed. Jones.
Iler beauty, certainly, was not the cause of discord between
the two benedicks (of whom the former did not appear at the
examination) but there was a small property, of which she
had the management for two children by a former marrirge.

MURDER AT YARMOUTH.—A few days ago two ferrymen,
named Cook and Mann, having to settle about some fish
which they brought to market, and Mann not giving full sa-
tisfaction to the other, a quarrel ensued, and Cook knocked
Mann down, saying, " Now, you , I will do for you."
ye him a kick in the abdomen. The poor fellow never
afterwards, and expired in about an hour. Cook was
apprehended the same night, and was taken before Mr.
Samuel Palmer, the mayor, and a bench of mngistrates, on
Monday, when, after a lengthened investigation, he was
committed to Norwich Castle to take his trial at the next
assizes.

OXFORD POLICE-COURT.—On Friday se'nnight George
Sparrow, a shoemaker, residing at Oxford, was chaaged be-
fore the mayor and magistrates, under the vagrant act, with
using subtle craft, &c., to deceive and impose on Ann Paul-
Mrs. Pauling,

the wife of a journeyman—coachsmith, residing in Abingdon,
being troubled with fits, went some time back to Oxford for
medical advice. The prisoner, having ascertained her errand
to Oxford, stated that he was in possession of an effectual
remedy for her disorder, and agreed to cure her for a sove-
reign. He subsequently called upon her at Abingdon, and
prescribed a mixture, which she obtained from a druggist,
but he at the same time intimated that his remedy also con-
sisted of a " charm," and that she must obtaiu a pigeon,
from which she must take the heart when alive. Mrs. P.
observed that she could not commit such cruelty, and the
prisoner promised to furnish a pigeon and perform the opera-

tion himself. On this occasion fie obtained 3s. Gd. in part

payment for the pretended cure. On Thursday,he made his
appearance with the pigeon, and was very urgent for is. 6d.,
which Mrs. Pauling stated her inability to supply him with,
and wished to have the 3s. 6d. back, as she had no faith in
the remedy. He took the pigeon away with him, but after-
wards saw her husband, who said he should heve nothing to
do with the affair. The prisoner then went to the house of
Mr. Copus, a retailer of beer (to whom Pauling was well
known), and callod for two glassses of beer, one for himself
and one for Pauling, who he said would be there directly and
pay for them. When he had taken his glass of beer he re-

marked that Pauling was probably busy, and unable to come,
and requested Copus to let him have 9d., and Pauling would
repay him, which Copus acceded to. In the evening it was
discovered that the prisoner had no authority from Pauling
to obtain the money, and was handed ever to the police.
The prisoner was committed as a rogue and vagabond by