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a 1 : ! • t i• 1 ' 1 •': . ;4 f * I hk , - • • I • 1 4 S I T LAiribifigitzeENcE. OUT OF CllANatt "AWOL? se. TIM HON. NEWTON nuoictii.• Mg EARL PP PORTS . MOUTICAND JOHN RANSON. • Mr. HART stated'thafthis was a motion for com mitting the defendants for a breach of an injunction granted to restrain them from cutting down certain trees, and also from pulling down the buildings be longing to the mansion-house, and from destroying any fixtures in the latter. The defendants had not denied that they had felled the trees, and therefore it tVould prevent the necessity of hit going fully into the merits of the case. The plaintiff's affidavit stated, that some ornamental trees had been felled since the order for the injunction was granted, and that he, as the trustee and the heir at law of the estates now oc cupied by the defendant (Lord Portsmouth), saw that this was the case, especially so far as fourteen fir trees and a very tine oak, all of which were in view of the.house, and the reliques of which were still visi ble, though attempted to be concealed by earth and grass. He was also in formed b y a labourer that he (the labourer) had cut them down, and that they were.' marked for the purpose by order of the defendant's Bailiff, who had done so by the direction of defendant. The labourer could not make an affidavit of this, be- cause by doing so he would have lost his employment. Even the Bailiff was so much under the influence of the defendants, that from him also information could not be obtained. The breach of the injunction, so far from being occasioned by accident, must be at tribtited solely to a contempt of Court. The very pulling down of one tree was as much a contempt of the Court as if the whole had been demolished in the Park. On the other side, it was attempted to Mike an apology, by saying that a Lodge had been recently erected for the (lame-keeper of the Noble Lord, nod it was therefore necessary to fell certain trees which essentially retarded the Game-keeper's '.iew of the country from his Lodge. It was also said, that the removal of a saw-pit nearer thelMan slon-hoose occasioned the cutting down of some tim ber. But if' such apologies were admitted, the au thority of ; the Court was at an end, so far as related to Injunctions ; and such, he hoped, would be the copiluct qf his Lordship, as to sho w the Noble De f'& dant that this Court would not be trifled with. Messrs. Wanton au. and BaLL followed, on the sm i e side. Tht ATTORNEY GENERAL for the defendants ad siiikia that the other side *ere so far light in what te.ty had said., but it could never be meant that the iluiletion was' to evend further than ornamental timber, the deftoriant (Lord Portsmouth) being only tetant for life, and besides, he was so without any impeachment of waste. His I.ordship would recol lect, that the injunction . vas granted in 1811, and to Noble Dzfendant swore positively that never before fltsirce the injunction had he CE down any trees in the park or pleasure-grounds, except two fir-trees which were between the saw-pit and the garden wall, Which so. far from being ornamental, were totally the reverse, as by their situation they totally obstructed eke growth of the frisit-trees on the other side of the *alt.. The defendant, Hanson, had moat posi tively sworn, that he never gave directions to any one to cut down trees, and if they had . been cut dbwn, it was 'contrary to his knowledge. The Bailiff made an affidavit, in whit.h he declared it was necessary for the mansion house to be repaired, and that he accordingly had cut down 14 trees for that purpose, which were growing in a clump nearly one mile from the house , and which trees had been marked for cutting down some years before this took place. Another tree had been felled, but it was so rotten as to be fit only for firewood. None of the stumps of the trees had been covered over with grass eavtli to hide them, and thr '2.9 years had lie acted in the same way as he had done. Such was surely sufficient evidence to show the order was not violat ed, and he (the Attorner-General) hoped the motion would be dismissed with costs. '11:osko and Mr. Tae..st.ovr: followed on the same side, and said that the other side seemed to have forgotten that A Peer of the Realm could not be com mitted for a contempt of this Court. There was, no ail Order of Parliament that a Writ of Se questsation might be issued, and this had been shenn in the Case of Ewer and Lord Shaftesbury. tr.' NAT,. in reply , contended that he was ri the-. Earl of Macclesfield had been committed. the 'Loan CHANCELLOR. entered fully into all the facts of the case, and pronounced his opinion, that the injunction had not been wilfully violated, and thrstefote he trust dismiss this Motion as against the Noble defendant. He would at the sank time assure the parties, that it could not be too often repeated, that-this Court had such a jurisdiction as would reach the liighest Peer in the geahn, were the slightest in svh Offiaed to the authority of the Court. Asibertev.HENßT E RI NGTO N was passing through Carlingf9rd, near Dublin, on the 12th.instant, in a landauTette, the horses took fright, and ran forward with such itnpettiosity, that he was thrown with vio letite againgt the gable of a house, and received con siderable injufy in the head. His Lady, a nurse, and an infant, were also precipitated from the carriage, which was dashed to pieces. Mrs. ELRINGTON was, we are sorry to say, severely bruised. The nurse stistained little injury, and "the infant escaped unhurt. He ate happy to learn that Mr. and Mrs. ELRINGTON in a fair way of recovery. :Thursday se'nnight, a melancholy accident occur red at dare Morris, in the county of Mayo, which has' deprived an amiable wife of a fond and affection ate'husband, to whom she had been but a few months rtrarried.--As a Mr. Mnartiv, the Revenue Officer of that town, was returning home, his horse took fright and became ungovernable, when be, in his exertion td tasnethe animal, was thrown from his seat, and his head coming first to the ground was nearly killed on the spot. Monday sennight, T. Thomson, a soldier in the Roral Artillery, whilst bathing off Carrickfergus, was sel:r.ed with a cramp, and unfortunately drowned. Satinday W. C. Saltmarsh, a private in the 18th ll ussa rs, whilst bathing in the river at Kiggel's-quay, LiMerick, went beyond his depth, and was drowned. Thursday morning, Michael Cullinan, schoolmas ter, was drowned at Killaloe, while bathing in the river. &few days since as two children were playing to gether at Fordwich, in Kent, one - of them threw a sign, which striking the eye of the other (son of Mr. Webb) occasioned the loss of his sight. den= who had been robbed told him—This statement was confirmed by almliei ness, who said he bad been knocked down, woi and bruised, from his head to his feet. Exitevrton or Bi..NJA NOBLF--This nate man, who was between 50 and 60 years of age, underwent the sentence of the law shortly after eight o'clock yesterday morning, at the usual place in the 'Old Bailey. He was convicted last Sessions (together with an accomplice, named Mary Brown) of having stolen from Mr. Jeremiah Steele,slop-seller, of Tower hill, through the medium.of a boy of tender age, named W. Squires Smith,-whom he had seduced into the commission of acts of delinquency, a vast quan tity of Woollen cloths. He was visited early in the morning by the Rev. Mr. CO:TON and Mr. BAILER, and appeared perfectly resigned, but he became more agitated as the awful moment approached. Indeed, so great was his fear of death, that it was found ne cessary to furbish him with wine. The Sub-Sheriffs, Messrs. PuLLaN and Tv/mit a attended on the occa- 1 sion, and Mr. i3AKIIR supported the unhappy man to the scaffold, whefe a new executioner (lotting, the regular person appointed tee that melanctio)y . oake, being indisposed) performekhe xvilacerenscoy oak necessary firmness. Row-staitet.--In consequence of the outrageous scenes at West-End Fair, on Monday evening and night, an additional number of Constables belonging to the above Office, as well as Officers from Hatton garden, were ordered to attend the Fair fo detect t and apprehend the offenders ; a number of the inha bitants of Hampstead were also sworn in Special Constables by Mr. CARTWRIGHT, the Magistrate of Hampstead, to assist the regular Police. On Tuesday evening, notwithstanding the increased number of the Police, they were not equal altogether to meet with equal strength the banditties, who assembled in numerous bodies, armed rith bludgeons, &c. and who acted in their attacks upon defenceless individu als with more daring conduct, if possible, than on Monday night, by knocking people down, wounding and ill-treating them ; the number of depredators were estimated at 150 in the different gangs. After knocking down persons, and wounding, bruising and beating them, they not only robbed them of their money, but also in the most daring manner of their wearing apparel, particularly of their hats.,One man, while laid helpless on the ground by one of the gangs, had nearly all his clothes tore off him ; his breeches were torn to rags, so that he was left nearly in a state of riudity. These disgraceful scenes were not con 'fined to the fair ; but the miscreants sallied forth to the fields adjoining the fair, where individuals who happened to be walking in them were attacked, ill treated, and robbed, like those in the fair. By great exertions on the part of the numerous assemblage of the Police, they succeeded in securing thirty fellows suspected of being depredators, principally consisting of two gangs, eleven in one and nineteen in the other. They took opportunities of apprehending them chiefly in a booth, called Waterloo Booth, and behind it. They were yesterday morning brought to the Office, from different watch-houses, and underwent an exa mination before Mr. threes. Some of the parties who had been attacked were ptevented from attend ing through the effects of the wounds and ill treat ment they had received ; one man was suspected to have been murdered, as he had not returned home, nor had he been heard of up to the time of the exa minatio9, which did not conclude till near 5 o'clock. l The gang of eleven were first put to the Bar ; their names are as follow :—William Brookes, Wm. Burke, Henry Lure!!, Edward Cassady , William Mesa, James .1, Themes Howlett, Wm. Passenger, John Read, Ikr ry Hancock, and John Smith. Thomas Hunt, a constable of Hampstead, gave a general description of the conduct of the armed gang of robbers during Monday and Tuesday night, in knocking persons down and robbing them in the most outrageous manner. James Friend, plumber, of Avery-row, Chelsea, stated, that on Tuesday he, accompanied by a friend, went to West-End Fair. About nine o'clock in the i l evening, as he was passing through a field, near where the fair is held, he was attacked by a gang of robbers, supposed to amount' to 17. The first man who seized him by the collar and arm, he was posi tive was the prisoner Cassady ; he was knocked down by a bludgeon, received a stab on the right side of his belly, but fortunately the instrument did not proceed far. One of the villains exclaimed to his companion who gabbed him, 4‘ Cut his guts out:— After ill-treating him in other respects, they tore his clothes off, and robbed him of a El Bank note, some silver, &c. What had become of his friend and com panion be had not been able to ascertain ; he was fearful he had been murdered, as he had not return ed home, and no trace could be made of him. Thomas Cooke, printer, of Lang-Acre, identified the prisoner,William Burke, as being one of the gang who attacked him in \Vest-End Fair on Tuesday night. The prisoner ran against him, and at the same time one of his companions snatched at his watch ribbon, which fortunately broke, and they only got his seal, with which they made off. Richard Hinds, one of the gang of the 19, was charged with violently assaulting and wounding Mr. John Clark, who stated, that on Tuesday afternoon he accompanied a friend in a single horse chaise for a ride, and between five and six o clock, when they were about to enter West-End Fair, their horse was attacked by several disorderly men by various noises, which startled the horse very much, it being a very young one ; the conduct of the men was evidently intended to create confusion and mischief. His friend in CORSCe, Jnce got out of the chaise to take ewe of the hone, and while he was sitting in the chaise by himself, he received a very violent blow on the head from a large stone ; the dreadful effect on his left temple was very visible; it had caused a great effu sion of blood ; his coat, the outside and inside of his hat, gave evident proofs of it, and he produced the linen he had on at the time, which was covered with blood. lie recognised the prisoner Hinds as being one of the mob,but did not see him throw the stone. George Furinan, a Head Borough of the Parish of Hampstead, stated, that he was near the spot where the outrage was committed, and saw the prisoner Hinds throw the stone at Mr. Clark. William Fletcher, another of the same gang, was charged by Jelin Dixon, a constable of Hampstead, on suspicion of robbing some person or persons un known. On searching him, two silk handkerchiefs were found, and a hat with the name of Prettiman in it. This statement was confirmed by Charles Read, a special constable. Charles Talbot and Jonas Goldsmith were charged with being concerned with several others in robbing Mr. Andrew *Allister, who is in the wine trade, in . Great Puiteney-street, and who stated that he was in West-end Fair on Tuesday evening. At about nine o'clock the prisoners forcibly took off his hat, and immediately afterwards the prisoner Talbot gave him a violent blow on the bead with a stick, the pri soner Goldsmith at the same time made a snatch at his handkerchief, and struck him with a bludgeon. Charles Staines, another of the gang, wits charged with robbing a Gentleman near the Fair. Charles Poulter, a special constable, stated, that: about eleven o'clock on Tuesday night he apprehen- . ded the prisoner Staines, in a field at the back of the Fair, while in the act of robbing a Gentleman, ivsho was so much• injured and unwell from the, *founds and bruises he. hild received from the pri loner and his conasanions, that he was unable to at. jend. The constablo. searched the prisoner, and found upon him 185.- scceatece of which, the iect- Samuel Yeomans was charged with rescninr, soner from Charles Read, a special constai stated, that on searching the prisoner he four ium a seal, &c. which he suspected to has; stolen, and a pair of scissars, the points of were in a cork, which he suspected to be irten, the purpose of cutting off pockets. Tie pi however, having proved to the satisfacticn Magistrate how he became possessed of tia des, he was, in consequence, allowed to go a'. to appear on a future day. Henry Lovell, one of the gang of eleven, charged by. Benjamin Harrison, a he:Labor)! Hampstead, on suspicion of having robbed treated Mr. Michael Ellington, of Hampst who is in such a dangerous state in comet) , the ill treatment he had received, that he able to attend. Thomas Jones and Win. Cole were charged Davis, a constable belonging to the Office, tempting to pick several Gentlemens' pocket , Fair on Monday night. John Hayson was charged with being ci with several others, in robbing Mr... John Spi of Tavistock-street, Covent garden, on Mond in the Fair, of a LI Bank note, and ss. in silver. James Cooke was charged by Bead and on suspicion of being one of the r(V)er , : . ' prehended him in a field near the Fair, and on him they found_ a Ll note, three %Nil; two sixpences, which were supposed to h. I t stolen from some person in the Fair. William Brookes, one of the gang of thi and one of the most daring thieves in Lon. charged by VI illiam Humphreys, hosier, of street, on suspicion of being concern 2d w; in robbing him of a silver hunting-watch, k on Tuesday evening ; a hat was found in thi sion of the prisoner, with the lining tan which circumstance it was suspected to 1 stolen. Those of the prisoners against whA charges were made, were committed, the el sent to the Watch-house, to be brought to this day, to enable those persons who have bed or ill-treated to identify them. HarsoN-GARDEN.--Yesterday fifteen persoc tended at this Office, in order to gin infor robberies committed on them ot the Fair. a young man, who was robbed by day-li midst of the Fair, of his watch and 20s. Another was hustled in the midst of a r , lains, and robbed of his money and wat Gentlemen, who were in company, relyil (win strength, ventured into the crowd, were forcibly separated, and robbed in the dacious manner.—Richard Wingfield, serve Craig, of Marchmont-street, Brunswick-sql that as he was crossing the field near the was surrounded by a large gang, who, aft , him most unmercifully, took the cravat of his hat off his head, and also robbed him watch, with three gold seals and a key.--1 stated, that a respectable tradesman from ton, in crossing the same field, and being toxicated, was stripped, and robbed of and all his clothes, except his shirt. Wit ante of several extra constables, he and officers apprehended eighteen notorious who were to be brought up to Bow-street which place the complainants were referred. MARLISOROUGH•STREKT.TWO of the of the robbers at West-end Fair were brought to this Office ; the first of them, Jc a noted thief, was charged with robbing at the Fair, on- Monday evening, of his'. money. A gang attacked him, hterally him naked, and afterwards jumped upon and otherwise maltreated him : he begge;' in vain. John Furzeman, an Officer of endeavoured to apprehend one of the pric the serve-out, as it was termed, was nc him, and he was very severely beat. Furzein the prisoner in St. Giles's, on his way t( Tuesday evening, and the prosecutor it The prisoner was fully committed. The next case was against John Henky, known Captain of the ang of James-street whose depredations in Oxford-street of subject of much complaint. A young man, named Burn, was att . field adjoining the Fair by a gang, of wh soner acted as principal. He was literal] of his clothes, and robbed of two half met the prisoner yesterday morning, an. active constable, secured him. William Culbert, a whip-maker, was the same gang in the same field, whilst • passing, He knew the prisoner, who i to him, and he addressed him thus—' its of no use you're trying it on with me , nothing to be robbed of:' The gang, rob him of the few halfpence he bad. Another charge was preferted again , a person named Kelly, for an assault sharp instrument, with intent to rob hit night.—The prosecutor stated, that h. money of an evening from the turnpike Kilburn-trust, and the prisoner with others in a cart, accused him near the with having been the cause of transportn stealing iron, and with dreadful imprec swore he should forfeit his life for it in Kelly was alarmed, having three hundi the trust money about him, when Ilenley and the others got out of the tempted to get his watch, in encleay , serve it (and he succeeded by some person , ing) his hand was cut by some sharp ir' There were many others piesent wl at the Fair, but they could not identify The prisoner was remanded till Wedne -- ---.=------ COAL MARKET, Amy ft Ship, at Market. Skips Sold. soi Newcastle 29h 30a 1 Sunderland 1 3# 1 rulln - - - 111.13H-WATEItat LONDON. BRIDGE Moving - - 57 :anti, • Afternoon - - 7.. 24 ----•-• IN ; Ptipted and publishid i;y Place, Twvlr-Pai. ASSIZES. ESSEX ASSIZES, CH ELMSFORD, JULY 67. CIVIL SIDL_.LEWIS V. HOWARD. This was an action brought by theplaintiff, a pul• terer in the town of Chelmsford, a g ainst the &few dant, to recover a sum o f £2l, for the board and lodging of his wife, and for money _advanced to her use. The circurn.stances of the case, as disclosed by the evidence were, that the defendant was unfor. l tunately married tb his frail rib in the year 1804, but by her conduct was obliged to be separated from her in 1809 ; after which her disgraceful and infamous conduct, together with his own reflections on his mis placed attachment towards her, brought on a series of epileptic fits, under which he was labouring to the present day. She then quitted his house with one of his farming men, and after cohabiting with hilt) for seven years at Godalming, in Surrey, she returned to her father•in-law at Soutlminster, .who kindly af forded her the protection of his house, notwithstand ing the misery her conduct had entailed on his son. Here, however, she soon rendered herself so obnoxi ous, that her father-in-law was obliged to swear ar ticles of the peace against her for outrages towards his person, and she was committed to the county jail, where,, notwithstanding all her former misconduct, the good old man allowed her 10s. a week, to pro , cure her such comforts as the restrictions of a psi would admit of. On her discharge from prison, she' was received by the present plaintiff, who knew the, infamy of her character , and by whom the p resent \ action was brought against her husband to recover a ium of money for the sustenance of a wife, whose vice and depravity had reduced him to a state of idiotism. An attempt was made on the part of the plaintiff to prove that the defendant had received, and coha bited with this abandoned woman. It turned out that she had forced he. self to his bed-room, while he was labouring under mental derangement ; and there having stripped herself in the presence of his keepers, she jumped into that bed whose sanctity she had re-' peatediy violated. Under the direction of the Learned Judge the plain tiff was nonsuted. FAIRCHTLD r. GRAHAM. This was an action for words alleged to have been maliciously spoken by the defendant, a surgeon and apothecary, practising at Rochford, in this county, against the plaintiff, a respectable practitioner in the same place. The facts of the case were these—The plaintiff had been called in to afford his professional assistance to an unfortunate woman, who laboured under an ephe meral hernia, or rupture, the dangerous state of which, on his being , first c riled in, dictated the ne cessity of an operation being . per formed. To this, however. no persuasion could induce the unfortunate woman to sutanit—and, after the plaintiff had ap ' plied every other species of remedy . that is usually resorted to in such cases, he declared that nothing could save his patient but an operation. She was however still obstinate in her determination, and the defendant was called in, who, without the plaintiff's knowledge,. soon after performed the operation, de ' claring after it, that the patient could not survive half an hour. He came the next night and inquired what time she bad died ; but was informed that she was not dead. He then expressed his surprise, and ion being informed that the plaintiff had been there, he burst out into invectives against him, declaring that he (the plaintiff) had never walked au hospital, or attended a lecture in his life, and expressed his 'surprise that lie was not ashamed to shew his head in the place. The patient died in ten days after the I I operation. The most respectable medical charact ers in the 'country proved the sound professional education 'which the plaintiff had received. The defence set up. was, that the defendant bad ut tered the words imputed to him under a representa tion, on :Le part of the patient's nurse, that the plain tiff had used terms equally detrimental to his profes sional character. • The Learned Judge charged the Jury, who found a verdict for the - plaintiff —;).usages 250 guineas. ;SURREY QUARTER SESSIONS, JULY 27. The ltev. L. ISELnAs appealed against two orders, by which he was adjudgea the reputed father of 'two male bastard childrta (twias), born on the body of Miss Jeremy Main Lough. The appellant is Curate of Milton; in Kent, Miss Lough is a daughter of the Vicar of the neighbouring parish of Sittengbourne ; the appellant is about 25 years of age. the Lady 35 ; her father was formerly Curate of Milton, and upon being removed to the neighbouring Vicarage, was succeeded by Mr. Itellas, upon which occasion, he was introduced to the family of the Lady, who, it was stated, made a declaration of love to him at their second or third meeting. It was attempted to be shewn, that the Lady ought not to be believed ; that she was not very scrupulous with respect to other individuals ; and that her having been conducted alone to the neighbourhood of London, in order to her confinement, by a Gentleman who paid a visit to her father's house, about three quarters of a yearl previous to the birth of the child ren, and who, it was I admitted, continued his visits after bringing her t• town, were strong circumstances upon Which to ground a disbelief of the charge. The Court, how ever, dismissed the appeal, and confirmed the order of adjudication. It appeared that the children were both dead. two AND 011TRAGLS. AT-WEST • END FAIR. I#l#ra Cu her ound e d , I ft a pr . Tie, rat : , ad up,,,, tve h e , n )f Thi c h !Tided f or prisonel, n of tbe hese ar„. at 'are. , ten, ht rough 4 I and di. P H teat!, b 3 It ClUPlce :perS• e zof L ot d 673 0 4 with x. cen ets in 11. a Ili A concerned -a ro Ipratssvd, .4 el Aar ni1 4 ...; or Ls. Cti, td fi.d.tr; ; they a ? . re on seat. Bangs, bare bets ~ny the ele 7 ., Tat radon, 7. 23 of Oxfet,i. Ti. with otter 137 in the f.:7, the ports. out, fits have bt ON hom dint ethers v.!? :o the Of e s. ve beear6. persons s. s, Formaticr.d r. o.le s, V.; , in siive7.- San ring of v*:'. xt LtChr-#lll • Nu r ing on the . zu Where th the MOA !rvant to. : •squart, the Fair, . after •• off his n .m of a sil • —Read, . om Padding ag a little'. so if his rro 'kit the as l his br • - ll 5 characts On !et 0:11Ce, rred. s, On e most ciarizi re yesterUol On Joh* Cat% rce ng Mr. Ity Aft is watch el#L es' Tea n n ° t a l d r if ore ee o r e xl i: n a yS t t e i: ft l nh t ri ts a r e iG F rn lys'nedbiaeip ara si: tui i An .street robe- f a night is rol ai:w t en t -crh a dai cked ircoisehywitnsihtems.r i e n ip. : i NI . e phia., as attacked .• e, t numbers 4- u , , first came . th Why, J me, for I g, however, inst Henley. , with a rim on Mo '0! he collccu' an ike sates cit: ith tour cr. he Kilburvr • )rting a mg." Iprecatiolls t.. n a night c:. y . 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