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A FASHIONABLE LADY. See Lady Amara, So broad in the back, And her bosom uncovered so low ! She thinks she . displays 'To our wondering gaze Tees beautiful pillows of snow ! But Lady ALMACK, So swarthy and black Her complexion, behind and before, She resembles betvc!et, us The Hottentot Vends, Or a bust :it a grocer's shop door ! LAW INTELLIGENCE: COURT OF CIIANCHRY, APRIL 22. BURLINGTON ARC xI)F. ODELL AND OTHERS V. LORD GEORGE CAVENDISH, HERON, AND (micas. This case was formerlv before the Court, and was ordered to stand over in consequence of the agree ments not being stampell. The• SOLICITOR-GENERAL now stated, that the papers having been stamped, he had to move that the Court should grant an injunction to restrain the defendants from makin:T a passage from the Arcade to Western Exchange, Old Bond -street, agreeably to the stipulations in the agreement, that there should be only two doors, one north and one south. The defendants had, however, opened a door to the Western Exchange, or iond-street Bazaar, which I was become a public way, and thus the contract was violated. At the same time he had no objection to the proprietors of the Western Exchange who had' shops in the Arcade, from having a private commu nication from one to the other, but then that should not be public, else it would be necessary to have twenty watchmen instead of two, as at present. It v:as said that that door would be shut up before six, but then there was no certainty why it might not be left open all night. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that supposing by accident he was inclined to go to this Exchange, and see nothing which pleased him, and if he went into the Arcade and bought something, was he to be forced to go back by the Western Exchange, or could he not go down the Arcade? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL answered, that bona fide purchasers would not be refused access, but what he • complained of was, that the crowd through this new passage was so great when it was opened, that con stables were obliged to be called in. All,this was contrary to the relations adopted by the lessees, and sanctioned by Lotd George Cavendish. On a former occasion, allusion had been made by the Court to a cause which occurred in the House of Lords. He had subsequently looked into that case, which was a case from Edinburgh, the Magistrates and City Council of which had shewn the plan of a new square, which led to some persons building thereon, but the square not being completed, one of the builders raised an action against the City, which came to the House of` Lords by appeal, he com plaining that be had been deluded, and therefore he refused to pay his rent, but their Lordships held that the mere exhibit of a plan was not a sufficient war ranty, and they dismissed the appeal. That case did not, however, apply here, as the Arcade was finished as the plan specified, and that was well known to all the parties. The other side admitted in their affida vits, that the opening of this door would be highly beneficial to all parties in the Western Exchange. Re held that this was sufficient to justify his Lord ship in granting the injunction. The Learned Gen tleman then at great length detailed all the facts, and concluded by moving for the injunction. Mr. PEPYS followed, and argued in a very able manner on the same side. The LORD CHANCELLOR wished to know who the persons were whom this injunction was intended to operate against? Sir Aarnoa Ploooar said they complained of Universal Snffraz t re I—(A laugh.) Mr. PEPYS said,, the complaint was against the defendants for not allowing this door to be confined to the intention of the lessees, as specified in the ori ginil contracts. The Loan CHANCELLOR—Yes, but the words in the license are " to open a communication with the shops in the Western Arcade." Mr. PEPYS admitted this, but said, that these words were intended to include the private convenience of the shopholders. The LORD CHANCELLOR—AIIowing that, still you don't prevent bona fide customers going Nom the one to the other. Supposing 4500, or WO, or any num ber you please, were to pass from this shop in the Arcade to the Western Exchange, would you call this a public passage? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—The cast does not rest on that, my Lord, altogether. Mr. PEPYS then referred to two cases in 2 Vesey, sen. Reports, heard before Lord Hardwicke, viz. Morris v. Lord Barclay, and another in the same vo lume, relative to buildings in Gray's Inn, and con tended that the decisiOn of that Judge was a prece dent here, _ . Sir ARTHUR PWGOTT, as Counsel for Laid G. Cavendish, observed, that his Lordship was the last person in the world who would have wished to vio late the contract, but there was no joint contract here, as each tenant had a separate lease. The ex pies& object was to faciiitate the trade of both places, and this was known to the plaintiffs when they took the shops. The affidavit of Mr. Odell, the plaintiff, stated, he had a letter sent to him that this passage would be opened, and the rest had the same. The offer, as it was stated, was intended to allow them to carry on their business in bath places, and the pri vate passage to be made was only to accommodate Cie lessee and his customers, but not for the public in general. The parties thus who took the shops must have known that this was intended, and how they could object to it now, he was at a loss to know. Some rumours having reached these Gentlemen, that the lessor was to give a public passage th a t wa y, they went to Lord George cavendish, who denied that he hairsuch an intention, as all he meant was for the accommodation of the parties. The LO liD CHANCELLOR said, it was painful to see that such public conerns could not be kept ou t o f Chancery. If this Western Exchange was a Bazaar, as ho apprehended it was, then the great mischief - ~,, .. ... ^ .,.p. ......•-- - • derei: it. It was said this was # 4 a public way, - which certainly meant that it was open orranibsei mortal ibus but such was not the case, as it never had. and never would be used as such. ' The Learned Gentleman on the other side had made use of some whimsical ar guments respecting the danger of the doors being left open all night. This was just to say that the Wes tern proprietors were to forget their property, leav ing it open to the depredations of every thief, and allowing the Arcade to be the chief subject of robbery. It was ludicrous to dwell upon such an argument. The LORD CHANCELLOR. - 44 Is the Arcade com posed of shops and houses, or shops only ?" Mr. WETHERELL said, of shops only; and there was theretbre a concurrence of necessity and of inte rest, to which he might add, even a concurrence of motives in both places, to see what parties came there, and to keep out improper intruders. It was well known that many would come there not for buying, but ## ut spectextur ipsi," and therefore it was not natural to suppose the Western Exchange people would refuse those whom the Arcadians rejected. The plaintiffs, besides, knew that this passage would be made, and he was astonished they could object now. Mr. Odell, Chairman of the Meeting, stated that he knew so, and this was known to others, so that out of four plaintiffs three knew it. He believed it was known to all in the Arcade, for he had the af fidavit of one shopkeeper there, who said he refused to join this combination against the Western Ex change. Besides, there was no proof that the plain tiffs repreiented the whole shopkeepers, and their case was therefore the mere individual case of A, B, C, and D. The Learned Gentleman was here about to proceed to some legal observations on the case, and to quote former decisions, when he was interrupted by The LORD . CHANCELLOR, who said he was now obliged to go elsewhere; but as no appeals would be' beard in she House of Lords tomorrow, he would `with pleastire hear further argumentewhen he came in the mooing into Court. Mr. WETHERELL wished it put off till Saturday, as he was compelled to be in the Cockpit to-morrow. The LORD CHANCELLOR.--" I have no objections. Let it be fixed for Saturday. Before I /cave Court, let me request the parties in the case of the Duke of Marlborough to be here to-morrow, as I shall dis pose of it in the morning, and also of the case of Jackson, a bankrupt." COURT OF KING'S BENCH, APRIL 22. SECURITIES OE COLLECTORS 01 TAXES. In an action brought against the Sectnities of a Tar Collector , tried before the CHIEF JUSTICE, two points had be e n reserved for the opinion of the Court, first, Whether the bond in the present case, which was executed by one surety only, was a valid bond, and such as the plaintiff could recover upon--the de fendant contending, that under the provisions of the Act, the Commissioners were bound to take two Se curities?--Secondly, Whether the bond could be con sidered in force, and binding the Securities, beyond one year? The Coear, after hearing arguments on both sides, were of opinion that the defendant could not take ad vantage of one person only executing the bond.— Though the Act of Parliament empowered the Com missioners to call on the Collector for two Sureties, yet there was nothing in it that restrained them from taking one. With respect to the other question, the Court was also unanimously of opinion, that the of fice of Collector was an annual one—so was the secu rity annual, terminating with the year. If the law was otherwise, a person becoming surety might never release him from the obligation, whatever circum stances might occur. The Court, therefore, ordered a verdict to be entered for the plaintiff on the first point, and for the defendant on the second. OLD BAILEY. Yesterday, John Harris and aarks Elliott were capitally indicted for ass inking Robert Rowland Wil lan on the King's highway, and taking from his per son a watch and a seal, value bis property. The prosecutor and a man named George Hill, were returning to town on Sunday, the 4th instant, about ten o'clock at night, and they went into the Nag's Head at Islington to get a glass of gin each; on coming out a gang of men passed, and one of , them knocked George Hill down ; prosecutor went to pick him up, when one of them asked him what he had to do with it ? and at the same time pulled his watch from his fob, and knocked him down ; he got up and seized the prisoner Elliott, but others of the gang hustled him about and knocked him down seve ral times. Elliott was finally taken to the watch house, and Harris was .apprehended on the following morning, in consequence of information given to Lack, an officer. The watch was not fain& In behalf of the prisoner Harris, two witnesses were called to prove an alibi, and they swore, that on the , night in question, some time before and after ten o'clock, he was at a house, No. 8, Charles -street, Drury-lane. Mr. Baron WOOD summed up the facts of the cast and the Jury found both of them Guilty—Death.-- Aged twenty, and twenty-one. Carolixe .Imeed and Eliiabeth Edwards were capi tally indicted for privately stealing two pairs of iold ear-rings, in the shop of Samuel Jefferson , a jeweller, in St. Martin's -court, The facts of the case were these :—The prisoners, two very decent-looking married women, went into the shop, and Edwards asked to look at a drawer of gold ear-rings, which she pointed out in the window ; and she selected jewellery to the amount of 43 24 5 . While she was selecting the articles'the gliss'of,the show-board 03 the counter was broken (as if by acci dent) by the other prisoner, for which she paid -tis. and shortly after the two pair of ear-rings were missed from it. Mrs. Jefferson comwittnicated her stripicions,. and they gav e th e 'addit ss o f O ne J ones , in thel= ries, and de s i re d t h at a p erson m i g h t ac C ompany for payment of the articles. A person went ; but, i stead of going that way, thErwandeted place to lielace in a contrarY.firettion, unt dons of the poison began to be ezeiied,-an back to he prosecutor's shop, and kr the itispi the)i wep t foood.--Goilty of —fly shoes in foetid pipdicted idiom Mead, and fe- ay s. tg s., pent .....0 pair of silver buckles, some knives, forks, and other articles, his property. The prisoner was fout.d Guilty—Death. Sarah Collins, aged el, was indicted for stealing, on the 14th of March last, from the person of James Miami, .a watch, value 40s. and upwards, his pro perty. The prosecutor met the prisoner near Buck ingham-Gate, when she endeavoured to draw him into a conversation, and snatched his watch, and ran away, but was seon overtaken, but the watch was not found. The prisoner was found Guilty. Upon ice g hearin the verdict pronounced she cried bitterly, and beg for mercy. George Henry Watkins was indicted for burglari ously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of William Henry Deakin, of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, and stealing there'l l two muskets, a telescope, a largt quantity of and divers other articles, on the 14th of March last. The Jury acquitted the prisoner of the burglary, but found him Guilty of the grand larceny. The following were capitally convicted : Joseph Edmonds, for stealing 50 „ yards of , carpet, the property of Daniel Edward Colston, in his dwel ling-house. Richard Chapman, for stealing a quantity of plate and wearing-apparel, the property of Edward Cable, in the dwelling-house of Robert Chapman. Daniel Francis Reeves, for a burglary in the dwel ling-house of Benjamin Blakesley, and stealing three pound in monies, &c. and a quantity of regimental clothing, &c. CHESTER. APRIL 19. _ IMPORTANT TRIAL FOR SEDITION. _ John Begueley, John Drummond, and Samuel Johnson, convicted of Sedition on the 15th instant, were this day brought up to receive sentence. The CHIEF-JUSTICE, after having very patiently heard the prisoners at the Bar make their defence re specting any mitigation of punishment, then addressed them as follows : " Samuel Johnson, jOhn Drummond, and John Bagueley, you have been charged, severally aft jointly, with Sedition, with addressing a large meet- , ing, and uttering such expressions as to stir up and incite the people to disrespect and hatred of his Ma jesty's Government and his Ministers. You are like wise charged in this indictment with a conspiracy against the Government of this realm, with an inten tion to subvert it." His Lordship then observed, that the prisoners had pleaded not guilty to the indict ment, that the case had been patiently heard, that their Counsel was not interrupted, and that they had called on their part no witnesses, for they would have been heard also with the greatest patience. His Lord ship likewise observed, that the evidence was so clear, the witnesses so consistent in every respect as to their evidence, and that the Jury were so convinced of their guilt, as appeared from their verdict, to the sa tisfaction of himself and all persons present, appeal-I ing to them, and observing, that if any of them were not perfectly satisfied, they should state why they have any doubt on the subject, because he himself was perfectly satisfied that the case was so clear and con vincing as not to be contradicted. His Lordship then adverted to an opinion of one of the prisoners, who had been speaking concerning Judges, Juries, &c. having previous instructions fiom Government how to act ; remarking that they must be ignorant of the duty, &c. of a Judge, if they supposed that their judgment depended' upon any previous arrangement of Government, or of the Cabinet Ministers ; for he declared, as he had frequently done before, that the sentence which would be presently passed upon them, would chiefly depend upon the evidence of the prose cution, and that it would have no relation to any other circumstance but what was connected with the present case; that he was biassed by no authority, but he should pass sentence according to the evidence he had heard. His Lordship then read some of the speeches of each prisoner, with suitable comments ; he adverted to the distress of the time when those meetings occurred, that the weavers and spinners were chiefly out of employ, that they paraded the streets in vast bodies about that period; and then ob served, that they took advantage to call a meeting to incite the people there assembled, by various inflam matory and seditious speeches, intended to stir them up to disaffection to the King and hatred of the Go vernment, and so forth, as was expressed in the indict ment. He here read a great part of the evidence re specting the speeches of the prisoners. He observed also, that the meeting was called under the pretence of taking into consideration the distress and grievances of the people, and imparting that a change of reprt sentation was absolutely necessary, with other topics of the like nature, but that they at this meeting deli vered speeches of a seditious tendency, as specified in the evidence ; that their several speeches were on very inflammatory subjects, and such as were more calcu lated to rouse the feelings of their hearers with re spect to their alleged grievances, sufferings, and so forth ; adding, that in one speech the King is called a robber ; tha; they have been starved by him ; and that all thieves are cunning ; .and that their miseries were painted to them in the strongest colours, and they were advised to redress them by arms ; that the National C ion, which they would have estab ,liihed, thoulcilitpersede the present Constitution, and the ordinary laws of the country, and the people then present, together ivith the delegates, should go armed should there remonstrate about their griev ances, and if not immediately redressed, should con- Send Avid' force for their liberties, " their long-lost liberties." His Lordship then adverted to Johnson's !patch, wherein he avowed an intention of assassinat .lllS certain individuals therein named, in a, wilful, owl, and deliberate manner, persons in the Cabinet of the names of Castlereagh, Sidnxiuth, and Canning, laid he pointed out such evidence, as to render' tyre ' care clear to all persons, evidence indeed so clear-and consistent as not to be` contradicted in any, point whatever. his LorJsbip stated Beguelei's 'tient respecting the petition, &c. What we.s. the meeting held for? Was it to take into eoasideppaiaa a redress of the irsievances orthe people?• 4 they think it lcgal , . %rick they asserted that Ares ttelettici , : :i ` f . :.i`. "At • was, how persons who irlint-tilere as Wessell could held by Seised the - ear-rims were foeud. —GI stealing, but no( privately. . be turned out of the Arcade,. because it irde ilot likely . the Arcadia' shopkeepersotetid4ke to ask •Thia.gre prisonets were n . .: . otilistipd Ca whether he or she meetlilie .‘‘ Unless earn- iOr POT* stealing three , p of woynetk's si tiffs shelved thliethe Noble i i mourag ed t h e -de. the shop of T. lir*vell wcre both ..; Pendants in using thiiiiii a p ' Ira ' k, t h ere was t a s Ginty—Death. . 1 I. • , George Ferries, aged on 'Py 15;"Was capitallyil ground of coniplaitti against Nor • . for breaking theirtiellint-heest of Witham Mr. WETHEISLL, for thi ime, contended that jeweller, Great Queen-street, in the day time , the door never should be shut until the Court 0r- .1.:_ ...,.. ~ .. „„ , k t;,. ,_ , • w hi,h loniously stealing six silver pencil eases, two -~... • , : N . • • *oink 't . -- they' were go peaceable, or else they thight mitted ? The officers of justice were 1 14* they were conscious that very little wenid c ltue to be.c4otrimitted. He then commented on th e guage Made tu-e of by Johnson and Drummond, informed them, it was very fOrtnnate the ,,, vte ed so early in their measures r for seeded one s:ep furu,er,• they wo-ld r.•!o , t p have s:ood at the Bar indicted for EligllT r e:s 7 . pnnis.rnent of which the most sevl...c tharth e infiicts, cf the preseit jadgrc.f.ia. I s t phke of the prisoner' it to E.ilnev, and Russell, the found-rs of the' i lmstittnio a , which they ought to revere, hit which thpvi le i f.tied, and alluded to by them in ze as , emily/ sons who could be little iead in the Englislt I —that Government was under no alarm of iu d sons as themselves, that the great mass of the were allied to the Constitution, ml Jtat orl7 poor and deluded wretches as listened to their ; such speeches were disaffected to it. His Lordship then pronounced the temente Years' Imprivnnment, and :he prisoners !i; £5OO each themselves, for their good belavi, ; . ; two years longer, and sureties in £lOO each. QuEEN-souAttr. —Yesterday 3/r.Yc r S.-r ! town, applied to the Jlagistr.ttes for advice. he hid been pestered with anonymous letton„t the Police-Offices, accaLing him oa heir, co7cen in the murder of Mr. Taylor, of tiosweC-q.:z. of robberies and burglaries. Ho trace: tl.e the place where it was bought, ho_t could the liaial-writing, though he sir- pecte,l a 14:7" ; The Magistrate told him he co .id do neihi.• him, unless he discovered the ant:-.or of the 'leap ' Between seven aid eight o'clock on \Vo il e j ar ing, information was given at the Ilattou-gar& lice•office of the following daring robbery, which been committed a few minutes previnusl.T :—A tleman stated that he had just at rived from ham by the stage, and was going alo:sgiaid gardens, carrying a large parcel under iiis arm ; inquiring his way to Islington, a well-dressed whom he accosted, said he was going pasxt of the I and offered to conduct him. Informant accomp his conductor into a narrow passage, called the in the Wall, leading out of Baldwin's •gatticris Broolei-market, where collaring him and trippir his heels, the man snatched the buniolle from 1 (which contained considerable propertyl and raa, pulling to the door of the passage to pi event hisl lowing him ; informant fulled out murder, and landlord of the Hole in the Wall public-house cam him, but too late to render assistance, :ts the rill had escaped. Wood Stealers.—On Easter Monday Wm Do of the parish of Botley, was convicte.l before] Saari', Esq. one of his Majesty's Just'. :es for Hs of cutting off the boughs of an oak tree, the prop of H. EYRE, Esq. with a bill-hook, ha ring clue the tree for the purpose; and at the sarr e time, i Freeke and Jane Freeke were also convicted of bn ing off the boughs of an oak tree, belonging •in same informant, with long poles, fuenis hed si strong crooks for the purpose. The threed efende were 'fined in the mitigated penalties of ltlf, (cone dated in the case of the Frekes), and in d efaelt paying these sums were committed for sit: meat imprisonment. The effronter) with , which this si cies of depredation is committed in variant: parts the country, the extent to which it is.carrietaeltl mischief done to the standing timber, to tae yea underwood, and the fences, oblige proprietursteht recourse to the law's provisions for the piotectiosi , their property. An Inquisition was taken at the sign of ti:e DcW Head, in Princess -street, Westminster, on view a body of Mr. William Bolton, of Tothill-street, died suddenly on last Sunday afternoon, / Veic - .• Died by the Visitation of GOD. Yesterday, an Inquisition was taken at the Wearc. Arms, in Grub -street, on the body of Mary Porter, child two years of age, whose death was caused b setting fire to her clothes, during a few minutes at sence of her mother, when the child took a bundle( matches and put them oh the file, which was Ter low, and which communicating with her clothes, Si them in a blaze and burnt her so di eadfuily as cause her death next day. Verdict—Accidental Ilea Saturday evening, as Mr. RONALDSON, bake Causewayside, Edinburgh, and Mr. AITKEN, fail who had rode to Haddington en a wager, and we at Fisherrow, on their return, the former being advance, and pushing his horse at a great rate, can violently against a carriage, the pole of which stru, him on the breast, and killed him on the spot.. Four out of the seven unhappy men under sentence rf dtai at lbswich, have been reprieved ; viz. C. Ray;4er and J. S. Bar for horse-stealing; William Near, for the burglary at **Astor and Joseph Webb, for shooting at h. r. B.:ker : on Thursday st 2 night, they were taken separately from the condemned cell, ;LI apprised that their lives would Le spared. The behaviour of of men upon this intimation was truly affecting—pa7ticultrly tM two latter; they fell on their knees, and coati :led fur some mo menu in fervent prayer and thanksgiving for the mercy so na ezpectedly shewn them, and evinced a sense of gratitude coupld with such au abhorrence of their former conduct, as. we sea , will mak* a due impression foe the remainder of their Webb has nice MARRIED. Tuesday, at Chester, George Spence, Esq. of Linze::l s i 13- Barrister at Law, to Caroline, second c:alighter of sal, Esq. of that city. DIED. Sunday, Clement DeloLg, Esq. eldest sun of the late Geo ral Debbieg. Tuesday, at Eding, aged 14, ITh.ria Margtrett Dick*: Stephens; second daughter of Rear-Admital Stepbuus. April 11, at Tain, aged Gl, 71-.ornas Suter, Sheriff neri of Ross. 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