MAGISTERIAL AUTHORITY.-In...
The Times, 1824-08-20T00:00:00

TMAGISTEIRIAI. AuTroRtITs..In the ear!y lyart of last treek, tlse driver of one of'the il;tor.ton stgs wvas cl,rsged hefore .lMr. MJores, a magistratc. at Et[oIllson, wvith having beaten one of his horses in a brutal manner. Ait. Ilarmer artended for hin, with several witnesses, who were to prove that the horse was cxrcelingIv obstinate, and required smart castigation beforc he would move. Ars the casc nt-,s one in wlhich the *nagistratc was to act judiiciallv-, and the public were of course entitled to be present, Mlr. lltsrnmer, whose atteordtncc unlder suclt circum stances lUight have beco essential, did not expect to oteet witth any opposition fromt the judge. Air. fores, however. told Itimi that he mtist rctire. as magistrates thould not al- lnov artornies to be presettt when prisoners were brought up. Alr. l-arttter Cxpostuldted witlt his worship upon the order of' exclusion. If thc mag-strase was acting magisterially as in the- case of any fe- lony, the power of excltsding existed; but as he was acting as a judge, the public hat a right to be present, and he (Mr. Harmer) would insi-t upon that right in thiis case, particularly as there was no appeal from the decision oftie jtulige. - Ar. AM ores then, ordered nlr. liarmer peremptorily to withdraw. MIr. Ilarmer refused, ar-~ was at lengtih put into the hands of the constable, wrho, taking 'tin hv the arm, very unwillingly requested thbt he :voukl go oLt Mr. liarmer left thc place, desiring hic ciient not to plead, nor todefend hihmself, and observing that ennueh had been done toijustifv his own appeal to a higher quarter. MIr. Mlores adjourned the t:ase evetso tually, and ttiought proyer to let it stattd Over for the decition of a bench of nitgistrates, beicte whom, we understand, it fell to the ground, on Sattirday last. 1l:r. Harnier initends to indict both ma. gistrate and officer tor theassault, in order to ascertain the length to. wttich a t..agistrate can go in a case where the presence of a egal d, y't,a is inidispensable. A MATRtIasMONIAL. HIOAX.-ASn advertisenient appeartd a few weeks Nince, in one of the London monnittg p:apers, which pu rported to be tronti a gentleman2 in want of a ermale of good dispo- sition and a-cultivaited ittind, possessing forttunesufficiett to give the advertiser (a surgeon) the means of establishilng himiself in practice, and iwho was willing to beconic the partner of his domestic comibrts through J-fe, by accepting him as a husbad . in answer to which a young gentleman of Bridgewater addressed a letter, according to the directions of the advertisement, describing hinself as a Aflis Lu7Y Uploud, the daughter of a late merchant in Bristol, and possebsing an independecnt fortune, but who, from the circumstrance of her mo. tlier having miarried a xecond time, wished particulart to alter her situation in life, and who would be glad to hear further patLicuiara of' thegentleman. A reply was received biy rerurn of post from the gentlem0an, giving hbi name Joint A-ce, expressing the greatest delight at tbe hdy's letter, and describing himself as a person of " a ctltivated rr,ind, a-n eplable temper, a moral and religlnus charac- ter, affectionate disposition, domestic habits, and of thc tgeatest re- spectabilitty." Afterthix, aregularCcoTespahdence took place, and it was settled that the gentleman shiould coame to Bridgewater; on Saturday last he arrived at the Globe Inn, where he engaged a cou- ple of private roomns for a fortnight, and w:ns waited on by the young gentleman, as a particular friend ef Mliss Upland's. and deputed by her to visit him. On Sundav they w.alked to church together, and the evening was eppointed fII at interview vwith the lacy, but be- fore the timeartived, two gentlemen who happeened to be at the Globe, heardeIof thecircumstance, discovered the hoax, and raised a cetnplete laugh agaiRst the unfirttunate su-goon, who vowed ven- geance on the vouth, and addressed him a letter. complaining of his unfeeling andsinmanly conduct, gsaing that he 'was detemidned to proceed against,him for afargery, and dematidciig satisfacdion; but before a reply couid be sent, the Sociable co-ct conveyed hirm froa a spot, the remetnbrante of which will, no doubt, for ever wring the tortured heartof so ardeiu and disinterested a lover! It is to be hioped titat this wtill be a lesson to Itim for the fisture, attd teaelt hiti tlat the ladies of Soueorsetshire are aiot so prodligal of their fortune5 and personal- attrattions as to be duped by the sche-oes of a specu., lating Cocl;r ey., 's -auntf4 Courrcr. On Sif nesilay afternoon Mr. Charles lWryber, of the' Borougl4iad, w.ent into tie Fleet Pt lcon to visit a friend confined there and-jeined aparty in the coffeeroomn, who entered into thae foolis amusement of tossing up a penny-piece totLsop of tie roorn,' and catching the same in the mouths, upon ii5 descent to tile floor, Mr. Nlryber w s considered a perfect adept o.e this game; but the ptenny-piece at last found its way into the throat, where it, remained for upwards of half an hour, attd he suftcring ex_; trenie agony. AlMedical astistatsce wvs sent fior to dieierent quartere s but it was somie time before a surgeon sp peared, who tried to force it, upwards, but being unable to do so, ad in order to Tffbrd-tenupo rary relief to ttte unfortunate patient, be contrived to move it down. wards with his fingers into the stomnach. lr. Wyber was cstnpara. I tively much relieved by the penny-piece (shich sees of tie last cop_ I per coin) being rerniove ont of the throat, mad wvas enabled in th pi- evening to be carried to his house in a hrckncy_cach. - S;inee the murder of Airs. C1tlliford,othersvise Donattjy the efforts of the police have been bhled rn alI attempts; todss,, cover the perpetrators. The Crovn lawtvers bave also bt'en bu8silV engaged in realizing her property. Goviernnaeit having, at is sasi deelaredtie intentioa to bestow the produce on tbe-survivEnB rela - tivLs neareastofIdin. The -Treasury liase received two mteorialoj one Aem-DaTid Donatty, t:Ie acphIsrw an'id tle other frotl a u I Tomkins, wlsio prolesses berslf related to .IQLr wi Usdllford, as the A samne titne4eearing she bad fomtlerly lentler }Lj,ehielt sutlh^h inl eonsessyence been peis'i--toiter, 2rbrnphllIr. tIuiMle, the od ; } -to tise Teasuryr. Tsecsday last was.a?)oussted for.a hearing {f. th>e t separate .clalips~bhreit'cidlZ-bss;;} JGetvslrtosd from sh'f -eslt'dlclh'di i igp'tlsr terc will be a divisiorn of sbX property- between the parties. *