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they Is of set out, owing to the roar ness and disagree-
able nature of the latter, and they chose so adopt a path
which lest through Mr. Bunit's farm-Yard, dust which
was stated to have been, not more than three year. since,
• public way. It seemed that there were two g ate. at
l opposite sides of ti,e farm-yard. The tirst they entered
without difficulty. and upon rousing to the scrum; they
1° found it was fasteeell. Whil.t Irving to poen it, and
of at the same time.determining to return back; a dog 4-
W- ran to hark. At the same instant the prisoner AIIIIIII.
Ids who lodged in a lane house ;Jena a quarter of a mile
'be from that of his master. opened the casement of his
rat- window, and cried out. "Ho I t was a moonlight night.
zo- On,• of the Young men doss reed, " Ho '. mate :" and
en' before any thing further passed. the prisoner discharged
• !f a fowling-piece at the group, the contents of which
•w s nouttsled the prosecutriz dangeronsly in one of her
's thighs, and slightly touched the rest of the party. The !
• prosecutriz fell upon the shoulder of one of the young
turn; awe the other female, ail-Iresing the prisoner. told
him that they meant tits harm—that they were wayfaring
travellers—that they bad often gone that way before.
and thought there was no harm in doing so again. The
prisoner warned thefts to be gone, and said if they did
not he would fire age at. No units was given by the .
prosecutris, or any of her companions, nor any expla-
nation given where they lived, nor was there time• from
the suddenness of the transaction, to slit so. The pri-
'slur was in his shirt, and had apparently started from
his bed in consequence of the slam given by the dog,
and discharged Isis piece under the impression that there
were thieves in his master's yard. hsist consequence of
the menace given by the prisoner, the proset ntrix pnti
her c ps ss i tttt s immediately made the hest of their may •
out of the farm-yard to mond any further dans;er, and
' with great difficulty she was got Lome. She was eon-
' lined a considerable time frosts the wound she had .re-
▪ criers!, and appeared now to be an insurable cripple.—
' A few days afterwards, the prisoner. 31r. HMI. was
applied its by two of the saute party for some relief kir
• the prom-ser s. lie told diem that the other prisoner
was an honest and faithful servant of his, and that he ,
e i hail only acted by his orders. atai that he (Mr. Bunn) 31assioN-Houss.—lstere Lvort was chars•ed by Mr.
11 would have done the sante nude• the like circumstances. • Mchoeiler, sugar-refiner, of ellclose-square. wit!, hay-
"' Its consequence of an apillication to the Magistrates at • ing committed a highway robbery, under the folios% hog
Y Chertsey. 3lr. Hulot. however, agreed to maintain the eirctenscanees
• prosecistrix iharing ;ter illness, but be afterwards repent- s 31r. Schneder said, that as he was passing at about
'Y ed of his kindness, and said that she mnst look to bee half-past eight, on Tuesday reciting, throngli
• parish. It appeared that no complaint bail ever been a boat on wheels, containing a number of 31111.1 h-sex
made by the proseeuiris against Mr. Dann, as an aca'en- electors, was dragged along. As the boat approached
tr , eery, thin charge being routined to the servant Alldie; the place where be was, the prisoner and two other
but at the Assizes both were indicted before the Urand lows rushed over towards him, under pretence of recap-
n.
Jury. . lag the danger of being tan over. The prisoner pushed
'a• lir. Baron li.tanaw strongly reprobated !Ise proseen- against him with great violence, and *untie a pull at Isis,
tion aeainst the prisener, Mr. Bunn, and tisargell the watch. Mr. Melts's-der suddenly pot 11;s hand npon his
Jury that they must acquit both prisoners. for if even fob, and the prisoner broke oil the chain anal seals, and
s'*' death had ensued it would not have been murder. This then joined his rompanisms. Ihe witness kept his eve
ikl was the veils-riot' by which such an indictment could be upon the thief, and observed him and his gang strolling I
supported under use Act in question. His Loniship, along, apparently inquest of more booty. Hr could have
le however• lamented that Mr. Bunn should have starred securest one of diem with ease, but he thought it unreel
'• his pity for the snffering of the preset-atria to abate advisable to follow the gang, in order that he might,'
under any eireumstances. with the assistance of the police, take them all prisoners
'Y The Jury found both prisoners Not lissilty. in their place of refuge. Upwards of two boars Ise kept
Civil, SIDL.—sPEct ti. RII S. them in view, and at length saw them enter a house to
se , mien ten r. STIN. George-street, Christchurch, Spitalliedls, which he was
le TMs was an action against the defendant for a rani- told was a rendezvous of thieves and prostitutes. Int-
!" 5:11!Ce, its erecting a steam-engine at Mitcham, as hereby mediately after be saw them housed, he went to 14 friend
111 s the plaintiff's house, as was alleged. because uniultabit- and to an officer named GriMiths, told them what had
able. happened, and respiested their assistance, which vi as ins.;
ntediately granted. I 'pun going into the house in
a The plaintiff's ease was conducted by Mr. 31.teny iv?,
* • Mr. lire, and Mr. .11tAntrt ; and the defendant's by I;eorge.street. Ise found the prisoner and a woman of the
sn Mr. Serjeant Tinny, Mr. Bou. inn, and Mr. Coitus tuw it in one of the roans.. This other two tenons
• The trial in this case lasted the whole day. 'I were nut there. The prisoner was taken to the watch- '
twirlla a 'Fr IQ; milling Idssin, anti
itrtoolant /writ es reties-Mils in the sans plare. Me. ScLoesier said he had heard several persons, as be
The case neat to the Jury. tinder the le:tined wont,o
Jut!" went g. complaining of being robbed of their
ilirections, Num all the eviarnee on both sides, and the watches by a gang, under the orders of such a leader as •
.1 ary Numd fin- the defendant. Lyon.
said do house was a desperate one, and
that the ilang,er attracting a search after thieves tiscrei
was very great.
Alderman C. Smerit said, the public were greatly in-.
debtell to 3lr. Seittseder for the risk he rats in appre-i
bending the prisoner.-I.you was remanded.

THE set AirgsVAN.:,

sr./Fiji:l) -:I.IZES.

What were these dogs --Otie of them was a half-bred
doe—;rood deal of hull in him.
That is my friend's high-bred terrier. But what were
they worth do not nuderstand the price of dogs.
One of them was a very good house dog.
Mr. JEuvis would occupy the Court but a very few
moments. Front the course which the cause hail taken,
his-Learned Friend (Mr. Pearson) would not again have
an opportunity of addressing the Jury. His Learned
Friend would have little cause to regret that circum-
stance, since the pathetic appeal which he had made in
Iris opening—the funeral sermon which he haul pro-
nounced upon the murdered innocents in question—
must deeply have affected all who heard it. It must he
remembered, however, that all that unneighiwurly con-
duct and personal which had been attributed by
his Learned Friend to the defendant, had been COlll.
pletely disproved by the evidence. It was impossible
for him to deny, the Learned Gentleman said, that the
plaintiff in the cause would be entitled to a verdict ; but
it would he for the Jury to estimate the injury which
that gentleman had sustained. The defendant had killed
the plaintiff's slogs. Well ; the plantiff's dogs had
killed the defenulant's rabbit. The parties were even.
It was to be considered, also, that the dogs were actually
trespassing upon the grounds of the defendant; that
they were, by reputation, wicked dogs; that they haul
been killing sheep.
Mr. PEA alms/ expressed surprise.
Mt. ; thee haul. at all events. killed a
rabbit. It was very suspicious. hogs that had killed
a rabbit, ut 011141 have killed a sheep, it' they had
in a situation of doing it.
Justice Illimitovo said, that gentlemen bad no
right to give general orders to their servants to kill all
iluszs fontid on their ground: ; and directed the Jury to
give such dimmers as should he rpml to the value of
the aosimals which haurbeen destroyesl.-I'erdict fur the
plaintiff—Damages :I'.

Tnr. err. lAN E rarity. r. itorar, 11/141..

POLICE.

This was all action to rioter 'lmages fur the loss of
two which were the property of the plaiutiß, and
which gad been shot by the defendant.
Mr. Pasnsoly stated the rase to the Jury. The par-
ties. the Learned lientleman said, would probably he
known to some of the individuals ahom he had the ho-
• siour of addressing. the Reverend plaintiff being Bettor
of Ilansworth, and the defendant a Bentleman re<iogrog
at ferry-bar, near Birmingham, whose name, if he mis-
took not, had, on 'mire than one occasion, been intro-
rimed to the Court. Preview, to the 29th of Ne.ptember ,
last, the plaintiff had been possessed of two terrier dogs,
they were beautiful, bigli bred, and much print' by
their master. Now Air. i'rere and Mr. Clough were
neighbours, and Mr. (tough bad about his house a large
field, which he thought proper to call a pat k. Throagli
this field there was a toot-way ; and, on the 29th of Sep- •
trustier last, the dogs having rambled from the house of
their master, mistook the way, anol got into the geld of
Mr. Cough. This took place at the late—at the early
hour ra'hrr, of two in tier morning; and Mr. Bough •
being awakened by the barking of these animals at a
rabbit-hole, the Learned Counsel believed, arose, and •
directed his servants to go forth and to destroy the in- ,
trotters. The orders of the defendant were carried into
effert ; and in the morning that gentleman finding, fruits
a roller which was upon the nerk of one of the animals,
that they were the property of the Rector, rent the col-
lar by a servant to the plaintiff, with " his compliments,
and it was a pity that such pretty dogs were not better
taken rare of. ' After dispatching this neighbourly and
benevolent message, Mr. (tough ordered the dogs t• be!
skinned. stuffed, and placed with a number of others
which he had collected in the same way, and which be
preserved as the trophies of his glorious expWts. •
William Richards said, that he was ganteWper tit Mr.
(tough. at Perrphar. Mr. Bough hail a large pa* all-
riming his mansion, stocked with deer, game, and rah.-
its. The park was enclosed. On the night of the
29th of Septenslwr, he was awoke by the barking of dogs
in the dyer-park. He got up and called another see.
vast, named Haysner, sts.pposing there were poachers in
the grounds. lie was first in the park, where he sara
the two slogs in question shaking a rabbit. He caught
the largest, and banged him on the spot. He thee wrist
to look for the supposed poachers. Did not find an
Had received a general order from his master to kilr)lt
dogs found in the park: lint received no partinda
order un the night in question.; nor was hr celled
by his master. Believed Harrier atterwarda shot tha
other dog.
Upon his cross-examination, be said that, whit
dogs were killed, it was not known to whom
longed; and that Mr. Bough regretted what had
slone when he understood that they were the prordrly
Mr. Frere. '
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Mr. Justite Houtnen.—As that is the ease, mid it
not be desirable that these gentlemen should rentals
friends?

RON VIV %NTS.
Bow-Stnerv.—The following very singular, if not
very disgraceful affair, has occupied mach of the emo-
tion of the lagistrates for these last two or three days :
Ott llonday evening, two young foreigners, of highly
respectable connections, were brought before them. In
custody of the °dicers, charges' with a brutal assault
upon an old gentlewoman, named Randall, residing in
alerlin's-place, Clerkenwell.
It appeared by the evidence of a journeyman baker,
whose face was dreadfully bruised, that as he was walking
dawn Long-acre, *boot eight o'clock on Saturday night,
he saw an old lady lying by the side of the pavement ;I
partly in the gutter. She was groaning very much, and
seemed unable to speak ; but there was a boy standing
near hrr, who said that she had been knocked down and
beaten by three gentlemen, who had passed on down the
street. Some other persons had come up by this time,
and the baker, taking the boy with him, followed after
the gentlemen. He overtook them in Newport-street,
and accusing them of having injured the woman, he
insisted upon detaining them till a constable could be
procured to take them into custody. The party then
consisted of the two foreigners, and , a fat English gen-
tleman," and they affected to be very indignant at this
interrnption by the baker; but he, to use his owe phrase,
" stuck to 'ens ; ' and, at length, the taller of the fo-
reigners struck him a violent blow in the eye. A con-
siderable crowd was assembled by this time, and many
persons took part with the baker; but he refrained from
returning the blow. The '• fat gentleemst." now con-
trived to procure a hackney-roach, into which he put his
two friends, the foreigners, whilst be himself walked
sway ; and the baker, staunch to the cause he bad no-
de:taken, took forcible possession of the coach-bon, and
kept it till the coach stopped at a house in IPaston-
square. Here he instantly called the watch, and as the
gentlemen came out of the coach, he gave them in
charge. The door of the house was opened at the same
moment, when the proprietor of it appeared, and a ge-
neral batik ess-ised, in shirk the watchman cum in fbr
several severe blows, and Use pular baker got artier
terrible thump or two.
Mr. Turner, a very respectable gentleman, residing,
we believe, in Lincoln's inn-fields, deposed to audio%
I the old lady just as the baker had left her; and per-
ceiving that she was seriously injured, he put her into a
backsey-coach in care of some other persons. and fel-
lowed to assist the baker in detaining those who had ill-
treated her ; and be substantiated every thing the baker
had said.
The boy. who first pointed out these gentlemen, also
deposed to seeing them knock the woman down, and
walk on without noticing her.
A medical gentleman, who had attended lira. Ran-
dall, said, she was so seriously injured that he wonW
sot at resew undertake to say whedmw it might not
offset her life; at all events. she would be under the se-
cooky at remaining is a horizontal position for many
months.
The prisoners were now called upon for their defence,
when Mr. Roden, the landlord of the house is Pantos-
owe. said, they could neither of than speak linglists.
Ttrey+see. he sald. of a most respectable family its the
centisent, and had lately ease In fide one_ ender
the resection Oa gentleman of the Wavy Beard. They
wore just exemplary in their general conduct I but so
the day 11 gamine, they had be takes out tp. disbar

Mr. PrAltPo,l derthird, se the part of the phdroill
Wm. John‘sn said, that he was servant to Mr. Peers,
and keel, the dna is Orate*.
• Cross-examiaed Jaarts.—These were eainekp
dogs, oh ! apt to get late hot water ?—Never saw them
in het water.

-ii;iselifistittoo Doe of thew wet ? He bad bees killing
sheep the usee sight ?—I sever heard he had, Sir,
Cane, woe. yes haw what I weak We len' ea
Mot a kW-sheer.—Yes tug WI his soy tbior you
please,

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COURT OF CHANCERY, 11 snot 9.
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MARRIACE. Oli A I.I:NATSC.
IN Tilt MATTEIt or Is tit.cy NM', A Lt'S %VC.
i • Mr. IV ETIMIELL ith'/..t. 'lilt this was a cetition t
• vontirm the Master's renso!. is. this cause. Tile f....ts t
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the e...4* seemed to he as . ..Pon
:—The father of the to
Deis. died in lids, hat MI; 11l the preyitms I err made 111
win, in which he entrusts to his wile. so long as sh
V41,2;1104 a widow, the receipt of his property. ammo
It ing to kW/. a rear. Ilf this income she 0.J... to apps
1 1 pr ate the hail to her town sop:sort, and with the ro
wainder she was to qttli:.ort the Montle. her czot ; hut i
. either the son or the unlow married. then Ilse widow'
income was to be reduced to '2lO. .a year. ami sloe wa
ea imogcr to have the management of the estate. I
IP the event of the death of the lawther, and of the lonatit
o ;thou, terai issme, the property WWI 114'N 7..01 I.' Mr,
Ellis, a relative of the test slur. ao::41 this !ask. it :ippesii
vd. had a niece. whom she was tlesirons to fave nctrrie
to the lunatic. 'fa this marriatro the mother of the It
i omic was also much ittelioral het the la attic hioasel
, peeferretl another object, a owing woman to whom Is
was much attached. and to It loom he tells married in
village chords near \aro leis, in Is re. Shortly aft:.
the marriaP, Sin'. Flits anti the mother toot; out a row
mission of lunacy, mod Mr. Bird. oho was than Moon
thirty-five years old, oas con .... ittest to the care 0
I r The persons. he rest step of Ilse mother was to ill
stitnte proceedings for the dissolution of this marriage
1 opon the ground of the lunne:• of her tlafo, atll o slit op%
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Implies{ to the Conrt that she fright he furnished will
the exretsces to ena'slr her to carry on the suit out of tit
Jonstist s estate. Ti:e trestiots byre was, ohether tic
II hionvic, under the circumstaners, was vapahle of cow
tracting a marriage. and if soot. whether the (owe
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would order the enpecses for the et•cle-iastical snit to lit
. I • raid out of an estate at the utmost, not t weeding AT.
a year.
*Mr. WErnEcv IA and Mr. Ilan/WTI rontensleol, that th,
I.matie was not incapable of contracting a marriage a
the time this ntarrisge was contracted. His disease O':1
et•ver of a violent nature, being rather ass istobecili•o
vi mind than a derangement of ideas. lie hail sees;
e:•ongls to under-tatul the thistle. 1111110.eil upon bins lo
hos marriage; he loved Iris wife in the tenderest onus
f ..r, and for the child, the rests!! of !heir notion, he al
ways expressed the strnngest attachment. To separate
6 t I..es Porn a woman Otani be thus so dearly ',fired
I gni, ht hare the moat detrime•otal ores t topsoil his !welsh
or :la Alin more .disastrous conseopienee of such a area
ta•ion a ould he to bastardize this chilli. wl ...... the par
t: .1 were tanght to look upon :is their frgitiostate sql.pring
."Sr . parties opposed to the lunatic ! asl a live'y interevi
ito the annulment of their marriage--the mother woultl
i . then add to her own income—would he in the receipt toI
tt•e whole 3001. a year. and might ril`n? support il"
loonatic for less than the sum attsicned for 'Hill purpose.
Some of these parties were also a little jealous perhaps
I I that Mr. Bird did not prefer the person a Isom they
wishes' to make his wife.
The Arroartsv-litsse sr and Mr. roLLINsoN on the
other side. cootended. that she lunatic was not capable
of contracting a marriage: mud they referred to the OW-
N: edeatioss of the commission, to show the state of his
• *lnd. When be was asked his age, he answered, I ant
o s
Oren. Are you a single or a married man ? lam a
*lngle MOM And this examination was taken after the
tharriage. How was it possible that suds a persun
eagle) bare any consciousness of tile obligation of mar-
s Ilea "koala snake such replies*, these ?
allltaattenatioktisiosistitveey siegulatlin
I ; a tßis glewßertaa was redly so Minorite in lass intellect
‘ at it was represented, his father in his will should have
-, pr.ovisieti. as he did provide, for his (awe marriage. It
was also to be observed, that the cos:omission of lunacy
MI% toot taken out until after the marriage. Why was
1 it peter Med for before ? Did not sari a proceeding look
;;I:e the result of a disappointment in some quarter
Nor could he forget that in this case the mother of the
I static was an interested party, in a pecuniary view, in
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the dissolution of this marriage. However. the first
thing the Court had to do, was to inquire a hether any
soch marriage was had, and leis Lordship asked whether
s' e mother was ready to take upon herself the expences
t:f that inquiry?
To this question no answer was returned, and his
Lordship desired it to stand over to the last day of luna-
tic petitions, in order to ascertain that point.
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HICKYS-1/.11./.. ALlEcit 29.
It twelve o'clock, the Loan Fitter Jr-vest-I: of the
) • t.l.T's Bench took his seat in Cosset. The Stmictrost-
I is.,:crtax attended for the 4 'rown. 'The grand .loory ho-
t: Ott •tely entered, anti delivered set cral hills to the
Clerk, whowhoread as follows:—True h;lls for murder
I; itgaing Arthur Thistiewtood, John Thomas itnois,
Richard Tielsi, James William V. ilson, John Harrison,
nett James Shaw Strange. No bills for murder mesh's%
I Williams Davidson, James Ines, Hielsanl Bratilits.n,
Jame, liikluist. Abel Hall, and It ieleard l'! arlesCooper.
Tree bilk for felony against James Ings, Richard Tidtl,
' James William Wilion, and Arthur Tloistiewmel.
iThe Footman stated, that there was no other bill be-
, • re them.
The SoutTena-Getsza.st said, that it was not in-
-1 co
tended to prefer any more hills at eresent.
The LORD Vold JUSTICE said, it was not, therefore,
' recessary fee the thud Jury to attend again without
1 , special notice to that effect. He could not discharge
them ; but, if he should Dot have the honour of meeting
them again, the country was obliged to them for their
4 - ',ajar!. .
The rosins's requested, in the name of the Brand
Jury, that they might be accommodated with places in
Conn during the trial.
The Loan CHM A:STIES said, he should personally
feel happy to give them ateosantodation, hat be
could not make any order. The trial would not be in
i • that Court, but in souse other Coati. He would take
care. however to mention their request.
By his Lordship's direction the Court was then ad-
.,' }oersted to the ibtis of April, at half-past 9.
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SURREY LENT ASSIZES. MARCH !S.
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CROWN SIDE:BIALICIOUSLT SMOOTINU.
' v Ames Midi* and Jodn Basta. Esq., were indicted un-
der the late Lord Ellenberongh's Art, the one as a pelle-
t eird, and the other as accessary, for feloniously, wil-
fully. and maliciously shooting at Sarih Mitchell,
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1 . 6.4 5.00,! loaded with. powder and shot, at Chet-t-
-aw. *a Übe 17th of December last, with intent to murder
het. flan were other musts, laying the intent to
. maim, disable. or do seas grieves, bodily harm.
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it prosecution was coadieted by Mr. AbOLPIICS
i r. Anasnan, and the. defense by Mr. Common
t Satcater and Sir. statwaaws.•
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ease proved ix wideness was in sulsetanee this :
j Pisle. Bon_n., was a reTtable. and trositithy
living at Lh Inn and the Fawner Alla',
was hie monekenan. In the evening of the 11th of De-
em* kat. the Mx. a young woman. a servant
oat ofislace, 'been out without anotherwonsan and
ton try see a fries/ at Weybridge. &tweets tea
and seeks* she sad her cowponies, deterained
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• le refire hewn by a different nate than that by which
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