The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-02-06 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCIL

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COURV or KIND'S BENCH. Few 5.
NOVEL. OCCURRENCE.
A man was brought op to ,eceise jedgment en sc.
count of an assault committed by him. Upon tieing
ilipeatetlly asked whether he would plead Guilty 'or
Mot Guilty of the offesice with which be wee chimed,
Metonym was;
.that her* been deloused At. gm

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time In white the effeare allegedageitst bin wet se
to, base taken phce, he could ea pialtietly answer
Whether he wilt gailty tit. not, 'last -4bgl t toOpps•ti
that be bed emeeitted tle+toffenCe with• whith he wat
charged. Wig held that according to laW he Mitt

peeild fi4llooisilty -or hook, Orad
to give t dirttfyieeleete 111r..*stice 41.tt rigei( allow.
ed Wan tease minded vita tit beak do r of neat
'artier that he m&jt by that time make ep
his mind whether to plearGuirly or
TIM WINO N. 114. BURN.
The Defendant bras brp.imht.uNfor jsuilgment, bar.
ing suffere'd it to go by default. on a charge of pro-
wit]; a Commissiso for'att Officer in his Majesty's
service, contrary to the Statute In that tikae mad,
and provided. Many 'affidavits of *vend 'esprit- -
able pepons were road, certifying sereagly ip fattier
of the Defendant's horieerabie character ip itperni,
and stating it as their belief, that if he sed comfit.
tril any offence, it originated from' hit goieniiele
the law against which he had transgressed.
His Coons Tel bating requested dose, In order to
/wore that the Act d rarliaustmt ander wisichbo wee
charged did nok,opoty.to bis,, thw Court, with tise
concurrence of j4l• ' .Apogimx-pipff.!,
frit that the Detlant. should be gain propfilki ep "
neat Monday.
TIM KING V. ttltV CORPORNVOMNIP trotilioctot.
A motion watimade for a, rule tw set aside a &sow
one sbt aiu ed egoists. -she C.40.4410u of..l4ebeea•
mentioeed Uorough.: Several affidavits store pot is
in opposition to those yea -which the tie for a
.
Mandamus was obtained. 7 " •
The affidavit of the Gentlemtn ohe Nrishes444B-
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May or of the Eloroegii.' stated, tbat•Mt. -Wow
• Weston, the wit% Magistrate in dot ceps 4,
span being asked whether he had taken the Saco•
meta within a year previous to his election, had tow
turned a doubtful answer, inconsequence of which,
and also because he was not an inhabitant of the 166
rough, receptions were taken to him.
The affidavit of the Attorney foe Mr. Oakley, whb
claimed she office of Meyor in (minion, misted that
it had been agreed on by the parties eoncerned,
.that
the title of Mr. Weston to the Mayoralty should be
sebmitted to the consideration of bis Majesty's Attor•
hey and Solicitor-General, whose opinion should be
decisive on the subject. Their opinion went to saythat
Mr. Weston was ineligible to the Mice which *held,
in cousegeence of his not having taken the. Sacra.
agent during any part of the year which immediately
preceded his election. The Court, however, did not
set aside the former rule, both as it appeared that
Mr. Weston had complied with tee required core..
molly on the Seadey esbsegeent so Mr election, end
because Mr. Oekleyf by attending a Coverate Meet.
jug of the Borough, at which M. Weston acted ?as
its Mayor, had thereby virtually acknortiedged
right to act in that capacity.
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FItRIVUII PAPERS.
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PARIS, FEB. 2. One of the Secvelatiql.,to lid
Spanish Embassy at Londe., passed a few days Ales
through Bayonne, on his *my to Madrid, With
cial intelligence of the capture of Mina, andet t 1 i•
circumstances already k sane o. k • • • • •• .1
The .Mewerial Hordelais of the 28th alt. etstss,
that the Duchess d'Augouleme is expected at
dean= nest month.
The Baron Muffling has arrived at Pack.
The English Ambassador 'etas a pin& bill alt
evening.
It is stated from Petersborgh that the Moe of be
grain exported daring the last year from all the ports
of Itesela, to the different Stites of Europa which
were in want of it, amounted to 125.000,000 roidAis.
The reports respecting Medenie. Manson are very
contradictory, it being stated, on the one heed, that
she maintains an obstinate silence on the subjeet oI
the assauination, and, on the other, that she has atotti
important disclosures.
ZURICH, JAN. 24.—Ali Osman, the Agent of the
Pacha of Egypt, who bas been visiting our menuftim.
tnries, is shoo, it is understood, to proceed to St.
Gall, and from thence to the Canton of Appease!,
,where be will find • many workmen ready to be ea.
gaged to proceed to Egypt.
The Mystic Societies assembled, and excited dor.
ing the residence of Madame do Krucicner in Switf.
Berland, continue to make proselytes in the Cantons
of Turgnvia and Schaff hewn, and although those
assemblages are prohibited by the-Governments, yet
they clandestinely take place. They anuounce tad
,approaching end of the world, the .coming of Anti.
Christ, &c. Several works have been published, de.
'eloping their doctrines. Several perxont from ibis
Canton frequent these chiedeltinemioetings. •

The following is estractedtrom the.Aurertr(Philit.
sistlphia Paper), •and stated to be the racy. of et tome
from a British Officer, doled V.ers Criss. clo.
"This city is .rep now its &most euesordissery sites•
lion; notwitlwanding that the) spe ik so 'Ducts shoat ito
strong walls? its. eight .liastitint, and allote• all i •
famnits Cottle 6f St. John -d'Ulloe, the inbsbitaiks
of this city dare not sentare beyond Aim range of
their cat nt-shot ; and the whole c0unt4,16111,00.
ptsesessioss of the Indepandents„escocpticgsoose ntqled.
,towps like this, on the fiord! and rest side Urthia
rkingdois ; and the.communication between this Oita
and Medico f, is danger of being again cat 0111...'
l'he journey to that city .hence was formerly petioles-
Isedin 70 boars,. sad in perfect secerity, over en" et
the finest !road; in the nuiferse; them is no traseijilli
new without a powerful escort‘and.it requires abyet
a fortnight. Tlie knyal'gtsiriion. and army ot' Sit
descriptions, horse, foot, and artillery of this city aid
its boasted fortrVis, does not 'impost to gay map
some of w hpro are. ‘ridiesstqaosne negromand Tory fent
white men, who appear uot.to kisow tight entl.yt
a musket. In. a word, the ahoy of MeOco is in an
unequivocal state of revolution, and the question of
the complete independence and expulsion of the Rigid
Authorities and troops is orgy prevented by the waht
of sews, ammonition, and a kw MOO 000vermmta in
the principles of military polices had prganixation;+
such as would pot their parities at the same time to
.motion slid in sohortrination.". •
Mr. John Sheet. said to hi the *sly remaining
sottlier or those employed ander (;en. W.,lfe, at the
siege of Quebec, died a -few diys ago at etuneck, in
Stetiossishiee, in .the,B9th yes.; of his jigs. &OM
ofrcveigd a pro there fur shoat aq yeas.
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