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rotemed of ptefett capaelto make a wiU, and ae esedinglyytemearved for ' to validity. Costa were prayed agailost tbi opposer, and the court condemned biM in - el coats. • . • • COMO' OF KING'S BENCH., MIX ie. Init • RING O. DAVID WILKINSON AND SIX OTSIERS. This was an had 'cumin. against .the defendants for conspiring to pub isle a libel against the Rev. Mr. • King, Rector of the parish of St. Matthew, Berioul. • Green. The ARTORNaII GENERAL said, that 1t gave the Reverend prosecutor extreme pain to ho e been obliged to bring this matt* into Court. The libel of which he complained had been very industriously and extensively circulated and considering the :a credlenctions he was called upon to discharge, few-- could be, more injurious or painful : the .charge it contained was, that the prosecutor had endeavoured *interrupt the useful circulation of the Holy Scrip. tpres. Although he had been under the necessity of vindicating his character by this proceeding, he was actuated by no vindictive resentment against the de fendants—on the contrary, he felt, in the true spirit Obit sacred pro'ession, an anxiety to restore peace sad harmony to his parish, and (or that purpose he bad consented that all the defendants should be ac-, quitted of the conspiracy, and that the three first on the record should be found guilty of publishing and circulating the offensive libel, and judgment should only be prayed against Mr. Wilkinson, the ;author, absuld his conduct in feture render it necessary:— it WaS to be hoped, however, that even that step would not be required, and that a complete reconci liadoa would take place between all the parties. Mr. Scansarr, for the defendants, observed, that the defendants were actuated by the same spirit which the prosecutor had displayed ; with regard to Mr. Wilkinson, it- could not be dented tor.a moment that he was guilty, because he had himself acknowledged that he was the-author of the libel upon the Kew. Mr. King, which be had hastily drawn up as a hand bill, to change the place of a public meeting from the church, under a mistaken notion of the motives of the prosecutor ; the other two defendants who were to be found guilty bad been employed in circa lating the bet without any evil intention. All' of -them felt sincere contrition for their offence, and they were not less anxious than the prosecutor that good will and amity should be restored. Mr. Wil kinmn, more particularly, regretted that he bad been so imprudent as to be the chief instrument in the publication of the, rebel. • tbvettlict of Guilty, with the eonsentof Lord Et.t.ast • sortouon, was then recorded against David Wilkin son, William Bragge, and J. B. Unwin. The ZINO 0. CUTLER. This was a writ of reire facers, to recal certain let ters patent granted by his Majesty to the detendant, Mr. John Cutler, an ironmonger, 'in Great Queen- Street, Li:Kola's Inn-fields, for certain improvements applicable to fire places, stoves, &c. The mire facia:, amongst other allegations, charged, that the suppo sed invention was not new, but was known before, and had been practised by other ironmongers. Mr:DOWLING opened the pleadings in the cause, and Mr. ATTOIiNaY GENXUAL stated the Cate to the Jury. The supposed invention consisted in a mode of winding up the furl in tire places, by means of a tolerable chamber at bottom, thereby keeping alive t see fire at pleasure, without resorting to the usual practice of throwing the fuel upon the top of the fire by a coal skuttle, or, on the other hand, extinguishing the fire without raking. Another of the advantages proposed to be effected by the invention was the con sumption of the smoke emitted by the coals, thereby throwing out a greater beat than usually produced by common fire places. It appeared that the defen dant had extended the principle of the invention to stoves for superior rooms ; but Mr. H. Marriott, the ironmonger, of Fleet -street, and Mr. B. M. Cooms, the ironmonger, of Holborn, being called 'on the part of the plaintiff, they swore positively, that they had adopted the very same prin ciple in the construction of the kitchen ranges two or three years before the defendant obtained his patent. Mr. TOPPING, Mr. SCARLSTT, and Mr. GAMILY.; attempted to distinguids the defendant's invention, from those of die witnesses called, but Lord ELLIPHIOROUGH being clearly of opinion that the principle was precisely the same in each, the Jury found their verdict for the Crowb. ant HIGHCIAIR ARCHWAY COMPANY Go NASH. THIS was au action of debt, to recover the sum of 420.000 as liquidated damages against the &lien dant, for certain breaclics of covenant, in nut com pleting the Highgate Archway, according to con tract. The case did not go to the Jury, as it was agreed that the. damages should be referred to a Gentleman at the Bat. A verdict, however, 'was found far ;be penalty of £20,000, subject to a re &reuse. • • • OLD BAILEY. • Amp& Pow, aged 60, a Spaniard, stood indicted fee the wilful murder of Benjamin Twig, on the night of the 18th of June. The prisoner was also detained, on the oath of J. Moody and another, for having stabbed and cut, with intent to murder him. Mr. VIT,A Li ODD opened the pleadings, and Mr. Amer stated the ease on the part of the prosecution. John John, a corporal in the 3d regiment of Guards, WAS first examined. • •The witness stated, that be and others had gone, on the 18th of June, to the White Lion, in Catherine-lane; to celebrate the anniversary Of the battle of Waterloo, after ten o'clock at night. The deceased, 8.. Twig, was one of the company, which might be about twenty in all. The prisoner forged himself .into the company, and wanted to get Beer. He was told to go away, as none were admit. ted but Englishoieo. He refused, saying that be was ao En#ishman and, though again asked to go , away, he . still persisted to remain. He was thee turned out by some at the soldiers present, but not so as to hurt him; Twig, the deceased, was not one of theta who turnd him out, and had not said a word to him. A hew inhumes after Twig went out; the w i tness f o ll o wed, and saw Twig and the prisoner in the lane; he saw Twig fall, who was within five yarded him, but did not then know who the persons were. He jumped up cache prisoner, and then knew Mi. they were. The deceased groaned when be fell, The Flamm Ins& a blow at the witness, and cut theisack of Ins left band with a sharp instrument, which made it bleed, and the Mark was still visible. The wheels defended himself with his left hand, and collared she rimer with she right, whom be gave the wattblouve7gOtbitiitax ---- id ; by ei th er. 4n In inter hint eft ' it), e . sidesce . to the cie j prisoner in Spanish, %obit i .done in s h e cant of all the other witnesan against bins. Edward Warren, a soldier in the Guards, stated, that he was bne of the codflpany on the 18th of line, ' and the deceased was also of the party; had peen the prisoner previously about fotiro clock on that day, who had a fork screwed on to his maimed hand (the prisoner bad lost his right hand), which witness took from him, as he was abusing people, and likely to do mischief. The prisoner was not drunk, but in ' liquor.. Saw Saw the deceised go out to , buy tobacco, about half after nine, and saw a row in the street op posite to the public house. Twig was wounded, and was lying with his face upwards ; he was put upon the back of the witness, and taken to the guard room, about fifty yards distant ; deceased said some thing which witness could not make ont, and was quite dead when taken off the back of the witness. David Evans, a surgeon, in Burr-street, deposed, that the deceased was wounded a little below the navel; the wound bad been inflicted with a sharp in .serumeat, and was the cause of his death ; it was three inches deep, and a portion of the omentum protruded. Samuel Millar, a police officer, had taken the pri-', inner, on the 19th, to the Police Office in Whitecha- i pel ; asked the prisoner for hicknite, who said he had hone, and that he had not committed the murder.— At the Police Office, prisoner said, he did not know I whither he had committed the murder or not ; that he was mad and drunk ; witness hadtreceived a knife from the landlord of the White Lion public-house, and had kept it ever since. ' Charles Penlow (a Prussian), a servant at the public-house, stated, that at eleven o'clock of the' night in question, he had taken a candle, and went 'to look lot a knife, which he found about thirty or forty yards from the public house ; the knife was shut when found, and there was a little blood on the blade; a knife was shewn to the witness, which he identified as the one he had found. • Jonathan Murray. a pawnbroker, in East Smith field, had, on the 17th, sold a knife to the prisoner, similar to the one produced; it was a knife of the same description, and had the same maker's name; believed the knife :hewn him to be the same he . had sold to the prisoner. John Moody (the person assaulted by the prisoner on the same night) did not know if the prisoner had a knife; had seen him in the evening, and again at a quarter past ten o'clock, when prisoner )14d a sharp inktrnment in his hand. No other questions were put to the witness. _ _ The prisoner being called upon for his defence. stated. through the medium of the interpreter. that he had been attacked by three soldiers, at die public house, then he had got two black eyes and a swelled head, and lost his money and knife ; had been six years at Greenwich, and had received twenty-eight pounds to carry him home to his own country, of all of which he had been robbed; was much in liquor at the tune, and had no witnessestocall in his defence. The first witness being recalled, contradicted in the strongest manner, the statement of the prisoner. Twig, the deceased, wore plain clothes at the time when he was killed. Mr. Justice PARKS summed up the evidence, and the Jury immediately returned a verdict of—Guilty. Tile RECOnDEA then, in the most impressive man ner, pronounced the sentence of death, and the pri soner was ordered for execution on Monday next. The prisoner, on leaving the bar, said, he had fought the battles of thi► country fur 26 years, had lost his arm in the service, and only regretted that he had lent himself to the enemies of his own country. Esther Weesest stood indicted for the wilful murder of a new born male infant. The particulars of this case having been already fully before the public, in the report of the examination of the witnesses before the Cosoner, we shall only give a short abstract of the leading circumstances. Ann Bootle, residing in Rosemary-lane, on Satur day morning, the 29th. of June, saw part of a child under the grating of a drain communicating with the sewer ; witness told the circumstance to her husband, who took up the body of a child that ap peared to have been dead for some time; witness knew the prisoner, but did not know that she had been pregnant. James Bootle, husband of the last witness, saw no marks of violence on the body of the child. Ann Wessen, mother of the prisoner, stated, that she had come to the house of her son.in-law, J. Par. tridge, in consequence of being sent for, on Whit. Monday, at five o'clock in the morning ; found the prisoner ill in bed, and complaining of a pain in her bowels; witness went for some castor oil, but could not get any as the shops were not open; the prisoner seemed worse, and grasped the hand of witness and her (the prisoner's) sister, who sat on each side of her ; witness wished assistance to be called, but pri weer mid, Goo had helped her and would help her: ' prisoner then said it was a child ; the child appeared of full time; witness told her son-ia-law what had happened when be came home to breakfast, who at first proposed to bury the child in a box, but after wards thought it would be better to put it down the sewer ; the child was dead born, and witness put it first into a dry vessel that was in the room, and after wards, about nine o'clock, down the sewer; the-pri soner was told nothing about it. John Partridge, son-in-law of the last witness, cor roborated her testimony, and gave the same evidence that he had done before the honorer; his wile was confined to bed, having been delivered of a child the , day after the inquest. The Judge summed up the evidence, and the Jury acquitted the prisoner. John Was, and dlexastder Edelen& stood indicted for having, on Sunday, the WI of June. assaulted Samuel Beckett, and taken from him a silver watch, worth 40s. and upwards. S. Beckett, a biscuit baker, stated, that early in the morning of the 9th of June he had been going down Mile End Road, when be met a dozen men, some of whom took him round the middle, and pulled a watch out of his pocket; afterwards saw a watch in the hands of Watts, the prisoner, but could not say whether he was one of the twelve men or not; did not see the other' prisoner at ill; charged Watts with the theft, and asked for his watch, which the prisoner said was his own, and walked off; witness called sr atop thief I" whim some people came behind r ata the witegrandliad 111,11fistii;Thontsoii, a watchtMeot into tested*. .' The Constable of the night seethed the prisoner, tad found nothing about him. Charles Adams and Walifft! Gibbs, two of the uitnesses, not appearing, after bang called three times, the Court ordered their recognisance. to be entreated. Elizabeth Jacques, wife of the' constable of the night, had seen ten or twelve men is the road early on the morning of the 9th, which was that atter Bow fair; saw the prisoner Watts come with a sil ver watch from the other side of the road, which he put into an apron that was tied round him ; thought the watch had a ribbon ; witness saw this from a parlour window looking into the road; saw Ed monds at the same time, who called oat “ posh it, Jack," the meaning of which witness did not under stand; the prosecutor (a boy) appeared much alarm ed, and was crying. The prosecutor being called back, stated, that. .he did not recollect any thing of the last witness, or that be was crying at the time. The prisoner Watts said, that several persons had in the watch-house offered to prove his innocence to the Constable of the night, but had not been allowed. Several witnesses were then called, who had known Watts (or some time, and gave him a fair character. None appeared for the other prisoner. Alter the case had been summed up, the Rry ie tired for an hour and a half, and then acquitted both the prisoners. While the Jury were absent, Mr. Justice PARKE took occasion to remark, that in consequence of ano. titer Jury, not having been summoned, many hours had already been lost in the three days of the Ses sions that had elapsed, and that much inconvenience was thereby occasioned to the Court and &miff), and interruption to public business. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, JULY 12. . John Chick, John Ciernents, and JohnWapsdon, were put to the bar on an indictment by the Batik, charged with utteringing forged Bank Ss. tokens, well know ing them to be forged. The prisoners were all young men, from 18 to '2B years of age. The facts being clearly proved, the Jury, without hesitation, found all the prisoners Guilty, and sentenced each of them to one year's imprisonment, and at the expiration of that period to find seem ity for two years. Moons Falstaff, John Jona, Thor. Smith, Jchn and J. Beller:m, . wete next put to the bar, charged with a similar offence ; when Mr. Serjeant BONA ?NUE; infermed the Court, that as some doubt had arisen as to the prisoners' guilt, he should suggest that they be allowed to enter lino a recognizance ul to appear when called upon, which was accordingly ordered. . mbhm Tom stood indicted for stealing, nn the 29th Ut June, a piece of silver, called a ems blanl, value ficl. Irom the Company of hioneyers of the Mint ; the prisoner was employed as a Sizer, at the Mint, and while removing the silver, ante the piece' in ques tion—Guilty. Peter Crow was next put to the bar, on an in dictment under the 39t1r and 40th of Geo. 111. for having in his possession, on the sth of June last, a quantity of iron and copper rings, dec. The prisoner WAS stopped in the Commercialltoad by an Officer, and on the basket being searched in which he had them, he tan away.—Guilty. The Court sentenced him to three months imprisonment, and within the first month to be whipped. George Williams Brews was charged with mast bru -141 conduct towards his mother. The case was fully proved.—Guilty. Sentenced to three months' im prisonment. Thomas Jones was indicted for violently assaulting Richard Smith, a broker, who had gone to the priso ner's house to distrain for rent—Guilty. To enter into a recognizance of £25, to keep the peace. Boltisy, the wile of John Rotting (better known as Jack Ketch), was indicted by her husband for violently assaulting hiin—Guilty. Sentenced to 14 days imprisonment. This case excited much mirth in the Court. to a question irons the Learned Chairman, 6. What trade Are you r' the Prosectiiur replied, •f 1 am the finisher of the law, Sir !" _ _ Peter Sullivan was indicted for having most violently astaulted Edwards, a watchman, by repeatedly throwing brick-bats at him, one of which struck him most violently on the back. The cause assigned for this conduct was, the:watchman had been very vigi lant in big duty towards die prisoner, who is a noto rious character, and his companions—Guilty. Sen tenced to three months imprisonment. POLICE. Bowarracm—Yeiterday a further investigation into the conduct of G. raughsey late a Parole at this Office, against whom are several charges of conniving at robberies, took place before Mr. NARIS and Mr. BZRNIE, which lasted from betwera twelve and one till near four; when further consideration was deferred. Mastimoaouon-staster.—Yesterday J. Risley and M. Healy were charged with robbing J. Gardner, in George•street, St.. Giles's, when he was attacked by a gang of hustlers, " who beat him severely, and actually pulled of his coat and waistcoat, with which one of them ran away ; another took his hat, and lie also lost some silver out of his pocket. He cried nut -for assistance, and they were all secured. They were all fully committed. . . KILKIMNY, JUNE 20.—Wednesday as three boys were playing in a sandpit, a little behind the light house, the bank fell in. and buried them under the rubkish. The groans of one of them, who was not completely covered, having been heard by a chimney sweeper. he alarmed tie neighbours, and ssisted in rescuing it from the jaws of death; but his two iplay mates, one aged seven years, and the other fiiie,'wete irrecoverably lost. Coroner's verdict.--AeciJentAl Death.—Thursday an Inquest was held at Cool graney, on the body of Michael Farrel, who died on the preceding Tuesday. It appeared in evidence that the deceased had visited John's Well on Monday, formerly a place of great resort as the scene of mira culous mental and corporeal cures, on St. John's Day, and that he had.been set upon bp` a number of persons, and beaten in so dreadful a manner as to oc. casion his death. No evidence -appearing as to the actual perpetrators, the Jury reclined a verdict— Wilful Afirderipiest some persons uaknowu. (by r. rammeiq Seg. rer sew Ss od es es St Veal Medea • is 84 to Ile id j Pork Lamb, 44. 4d. to Ss. PRICES OP HAY AND STRA' 111. Hay 31 N Od to M lea 611 1 Hay Straw 21 5• Od to SI of Od 1 Straw Sll4l rinsio. Meadow Hay 41 OA to 51 IN j Clover Straw AEI 161 to • RAW HIDES. Beat Heifers and Steers (par Ordinary stone) - :Is Od :o sts 43 Market C. Middlings Is $1 to is lud Bog. Horse Sisserbkios Os to l WI Sissarlangs us I od. PRICE OF HOP NEM BAGi. Kent 41 Os ro 71 Ts Sussex 31 ISs to 61 6s Sussex Essex 61 10s to el Os Farohat PRICE OF TALLO -St. James's Market St Od f Town Clare Market - Os Od I Yellow %Vhitechapel Market 3s 0.1 White per stone of bib I Soap di Candles per dux. 101 61—M; Yellow Soap, 368—Mottled, 9 is —Curd, 9tll—lsaltta, !li_ PRICK CF LEATHER IN LEADENHA 1.-Cr Butts, 50 to 5611 tis iBl 2.1 d Call Skins, 35 to 4011% 21d hi Ditto, 58 o 861iis std 26.1 Ditto SO to 701 b% ge j iii Merchants Backs 00d 001 Ditto 70 to bOl'a ted W I Dressing kitties 1::1 1.5.1 ;:tuall Scall Greenland :;dam Ellie Ciach Hides 13d IGjd I Large ditto, per du& sit COAL MARKE I'. Ti.J Ships at Market. Ships sold. 8 Newcastle B S Sunderland S 1 Welsh Coal 1 I Cinders 4 Culm Y ( 1 5:1 6 " t. o . w 48 0us t 3d to 111..04. d. 60.. OIL to OA Us. Od. to 00s. MAtitkrti —• s JUL - ilk 1.) sal W»;, srk Ss 441 tos s Is. Od. ItDAY. worrscusPrt. 41 tot to SI it* I 21 as ro 21 MI • rrr 51 Os to 61 10s. ,Er 2 Ili. ury 1‘ tato et si Crt Cal( Ts. rad. Horse 12s to ad. Latnhs 2s 61 to 4s 114 I tIV POCK tTS. . 61 Os to 1 6 1 oi I 51 15s to 71 Is tarn 101 os to 161 Tatiow sts w Russia 64s e diuo Cos 11 ditto Si 10411(11,12s Od. COUNTRY MARKE I'S. UINRIDGE, July it.—Wheat per load 'if Os. to 123 111. Barley, rer quarter 29s to 325. Oats 31's to Us. Beans No. to 38s. Old Beans 35s to Sig. Peas OM to 00$. Olvosto, July I I.—Price of the Quartern Loaf, lilt BA/tat/WC, July I i.—Wheat it. 9.1. to 94. W. & bola bloat 58s. per sack. Bread Is. 9d. the half peek. COURSE OF EXC}L Amsterdam 40 6 8.2 U. Ditto at sight 4Q 9 AmsterZam 12 7 C. F. Ditto at sight 12 4 l&o•terdatn 12 $ 4 U. kNGE. YESTERDAY. Barerivas ou If Ilboa 341 .'t. Stbastial4 ou Gibraltar si I.egisore, 47 Genoa, 414 Venioe,o. C. I.lv. l'ircole inedietive per /. /tea 26 93 IMaim 47 Naples, 39 1 Palermo, 11Zd per i,z. Lisbon, SG Oporto, 54 Rio had 10 fit) Dublin, 14 Cork, 14i Hull aid 4 per Cent. 'KS Antwerp 12 8 Han:burgh 36 10 2 U. Altona 36 11 2 U. Paris 1 day's date 25 Bt► Ditto 26 IA 4U. Bourdeaux 25 LO Frinkinrt on the Main 150 et Mo. Madrid n effective Cadiz ' 33i rlL.ctive 33 Agio of the Bank on PRICE OF s roc Bank Stock, 2i 114 3 per Ct. Red. 23f 3 per Cent. Cum. 64 C 3 4 per Cent. 7111 1 11 S per Vent. Navy 92 93 Lung Ann. 15f 15-16 YESTERDAY. Cranium, 2:1.1 I si?ia liondo S R pr. Each. Bills 4 6 pr. Coratols tot Axe. 04ff Lottery Tickets, £ 3.194 From every quarter we learn that the present seasoa has been unusually wet. In France, the interior of the country has suffered greatly from floods and heaiy rains. Yesterday morning —;-- Haller, in the employ of Mrs. Spillers, a stone-mason, in Guildford.street, Brunswick-square, had one of his legs broken by a large stone falling upon him. Thursday evening, about eleven o'clock, a decefit• looking woman came into the shop of Mr. Way,' baker, in Lower Sloane•street, Chelsea, when de dropped down and expired - without speaking a watt Yesterday, as Charles, son of Mr. Cedars, d Drury lane, aged 12 years, was bathing in the New River, he got nut of his depth and sunk ; whea Macklin, servant to Mr. Jones, of Oxford-street, who happened to be passing, plunged a!ter him, .and brought him, apparently lifeless, to the shore. The assistance of a Medical Gentleman, however, being procured, and the resuscitating process far medals applied, reanimation was effectually restored. Ever ready, through the channel of our Paper, to give publicity to Lestitutions where the real welfare of mankind is benefited, and the alarming state of the health of persons who have been improperly treated in a certain disorder, and in order that every individual. may obtain the best advice, we arc audio rized by Dr. Coorrit, and the Surgeons who coin. pose the Medical Board at Charlotte-house, Black. friars Road, to inform our Readers their hours of consultation are from eight in the morning until nine at night.—There is a side-door and private rooms for females. This is the age of real and useful diseovery.—ln no branch is it more displayed than in the ireAtmeot of that destructive disease which is the bane of youth and sensual enjoyment. To such success is the prac• tice (in the worst forms of it,) now brought at that respectable institution, the Lock and Surgical I)is• pensary, under the direction of Mr. KIEUNAN, of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, Lower Char• lotte.street, liedlord.square, that upwards of one hun— dred cases cf Stricture, besides Debility and other Affections of the Generative Organs were radically cured by the last report of the institution. An impure :ant mechanical imptovr ment has been made by the experienced Surgeon of tl.e Institution, which renders the cure of obstinate Stricture ptrticularly successful and speedy. MARRIMp. July 4, James, eltic•st son of the Rev. W. Eyre, of Buckinettel4., to Harrier, dauziter of the Rev. Edwlr4 Vardy, of MolIkCI liarborough. July 9, Lieuterant-Colonel Brownrigg, el.lest son of Lleatts cant-Gtaeral Sir Rubel t Bruworigs, But. G C. B. to Lam. dauttl.ter of the late Majvr-Genetal Colebrooke Nesbitt. Monday, the Rev. krederick- Master, Vicar of Cheshire, to Miss Fraiiy l'entey, da ughter it of the late 1 beudot Verney, Esq. navy years a resident in DIED. June Sc', at an age considerably above 89, the Stew. Patrick Hare, D. D. itecwr of Goolden and Totnpietooby, and maaq years Vicar-General of the Diocese of Cashel. Thursday, at Mr. Pain's, North Brixton, Mr. Healy Girdles of Chesterviace, late Purser of the Hon. lime India Cone• ship 'Marquis Camden, aged 44. At the Cape of Good Hope, on the 6th of March hit, Lima General James Nicol, of the East India Company's service. HIGH WA! f.k TO MUKILOW AT LONDON bitiVtibe Morning - min. aka 11 Afternoon - - in S 1.0 NDON : Printed by LIVE'. KENT, Pleketiracat Published there, and a: the MaT-Otfice,Tample