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At Croydon Petty Sessions, on Motida‘:, lrrs. ltasiesia Pratt, the wit's' of' a genilentan of fortnue residing at. Vao Imansterne; N1 as elu:Irg0,1 At Croydon Petty Sessions, on Motida‘:, lrrs. ltasiesia Pratt, the wit's' of' a genilentan of fortnue residing at. Vao Imansterne; N1 as elu:Irg0,1 with having, 4111 the 2Ist of August, uuhro fatly tal•on t. it'll a certain engine, to wit a trap, one partriklge -. she not being suitherise 1 so to do" for want of' a game-es-Milk-Me, whereby ;Ate bad foril•itt•-1 :1 sum not ex- ceeding five pounds. NVIlen Ihe cos" 'ills "1"1 'ii ]ir. 1\'. 1)111.1:1- mond, solicitor, said he attend:al in hell Of of Mrs. Pratt, to ans‘% or ult. cxtraortroiary charge that had liven iowle a:t.tio-t her of The la,ly was ,. r i yea I.v (0 tcati: upon the AI:lei:wales if they wished it ; hut he tek-gges1 sa request the :NI .,..,istrabs
not to put her to this intekniveidellete, but 1,1 idiots hint to suelesso• het'.
nuk request seas agreed lu. The gaiticheepor of Georc:0 0,1, 1:551, of 11'00dinanstertio, stated that tin dm 21,1 of .\ 11 Pratt take a partridg,e from a trap set on Inrg 1111s11:1:1,1%, 1,,c011:1,1,„ Iiffch ;:djojti ltr. lleeti's how. The trap, it was admitted, was more teal:lila:eel 1,1
eaten rabbits than partridges. ;Me. IsrumuLima 5,11,1 the proceekliot.;
arose out of some disagreement between the gentlemen upon the sub- ject of the game ; but he hoped the Bench would consider the impro- bability of a lady turning poacher and setting snares for game. The Magistrates were of opinion the case was one that ought not to have been brought before them ; but as the offence had been proved against Mrs. Pratt, they inflicted a fine of one penny and costs.
Bartholomew Murray was filially- examined on Thursday before the Magistrates at Knutsford, and committed for trial for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Cook, at Peover.
Mr. Meekreth recently sent a letter for publication to a Ludlow paper, for the surpose of explaining the apparently extraordinary circumstance of shaking his fist in the landlord's face, when he met bins on the stair- case after his throat was cut : he adopted that node as the hest he could think of at the moment (being incapabla of speaking) to deny the Ira- putatioa that he had cut his o-a-ti throat. Mr. Mackreth has since sent another letter to the Luil,'"n- Staaslard, expressing his gratitude to the surgeons by whose care bet was volved. anel to the inhabitants of Lud- low for their sympathy. 'Vise pls-a-ure Mr. Mackreth feels at his treat- ment appeal's to more than connterka:ance the anxiety' and pain he ex- perienced, if we may judge L-oln ilia 1'. elowing passages iu I,Es letter— "Never can the remembrance of this a rid eatastrm.be be 61,1;tt.ratcd from my TIMM, or cease to be aecompoiLd. by a very gratefi.1 p!easurc. for the sym- pathy and kindhess shoa'n me 1,y tll,• all i neirz!lbour-
Imod, oft very grade in s6ei,t;. ver de, .1. and lasting to
those of //, 110 have S'./ 1,..m:ar,1 Enir personal inquiries, and eittadv so the re,mle des:: of st,;lete in this tots .1. In conclusion, let 11:1. apin 1-e::.3t tan •:'11...Ire 1!31i,t: to all ; and assure my
friends, that the future recollecti,,,:s of unite of plea-
sure than pain : and when any of the 1-4.:1,iv, tiii, .y v,,ht, tilt hams of afflictioa, may than' seer hind the ae. shy u., r.,okeeiatites of friends to that extent tthiclt it has been my Lc, py to and is nos my untie to acknowledge."
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