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LAW LVTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, APRIL t 4. This day the London Adjourned Sittings after Mi chaelmas Term were resumed, for the purpose of dis posing of the vast accumulation of Special Jury causes, some of which have been in the paper for more Ryan a year and a half. The following case occu pied the whole day VERSES, Written In the Committee-Room of the Poor-Ili,tlse of " St. Mary-le-Strand," whilst viewing an excallent Portrait of F• Wu:l:lave, Esq. plinted by Mr. FINDLATOR, placed there by a few of the Inhabitants, a; a pledge of their Meens for the Interest which Mr. Vilt•CitAVE has ever displayed fur the he lmet of the Parish, and the comfort of the Pour; and Nal-• enlarly for his being th.: sole Projector of Building that excel lent Asylum, and of imp:twirl the Estate on which it stands. I.iksnxs how great ! to Nature's self how true ! Could filvey [united breath, we Ilf: might view. So just the semblsuee burr in ev'ry part, That animation sins prcduc'd by art lx: arta, lE:hold your. PATZOII . II Image sheer n ! 1041 /rick:, who ho-tits Val good design his own Of cuttlea:inz t'ais then sterile moor, And raisin; there a " Iterrox roa sus Powa!" And as you view, may it to Amery call Te worthy triiu of the original : Whose good intentions A i.t. whn know Mm own : Whose hand impress"d this ru.v's foundation stone Where now this fertile Garden waves around, 'Bad been for ages unproductive ground; A barren, swampy, rude, nul=al wild, Where veget.itiJit's fruits mature neer smil'd ; Aed but fur efforts such as he maiet;thi', That Destirt Waste" it doubtless had remained ! Life's " woe-worn travellers" who refuge here— All ynu, who this Asylum's comforts share To Nat you: songs of gratitude are due, Who !vast and suite thus advocated you Cherish'il beneath this roof there now may be These who have " rcvcll'd on" in luxury ; Who, from their then, perhaps, abundant store, With liberal hand dealt blessings to the poor! Why thus humiliated matters not, *slough to know—thus chang'd has been their lot; Transient as meteors oft I:fe's treasures are; Like them may glitter, blaze, and disappear— Then, may not we cast" life's last anchor here Doubtless my fate may be, the heart to bless, That prompts the hand to meliorate distress! As we subscribe to north encomiums due, Genius demands our admiration too ; And whilst this shade shall unimpair'd survive, With Winoitava's merits, ARTIST, thine shall live! Strand, April 5, 1419. J. ? a. EIIRENSTORM V. INNES. This was an action upon a Policy of Insurance, on goods on board the Swedish ship Charlotte, oh a voyage from Copenhagt to London. Loss by perils of the sea, and interest averred, to be in the plaintiff. The goods insured were three'boxes of gold watches,• and four hundred pounds weight of cobalt a metallic substance, the produce of the mines of Sweden, and used by potters in the process of glazing china and earthenware, and the whole value of the goods in sured was stated to be LEG. The case proved on the part of the plaintiff was this :—The plaintiif, a Swedish subject, had been a merchant at Gottenburgh, and in the month of July, 1816, he consigned the goods in question to his agent in,London from Copenhagen, on board the Charlotta, Of which, in 1815, he had been 'the owner. It seemed to be admitted that the cobalt had been smuggled froth Sweden to Denmark, without paying the cus toms duties of the former country. The thip in the course of her voyage encountered tempesttio'ns wea ther;and having sprung a leak at the end of six days, she was obliged to be abandoned by her crew, and in the result she completely foundered, and the goods in question were lost, and to recover the loss, the present action was brought against the underwriters. The defence set up was, a conspiracy on the part of the plaintiff, entered into between him, the Captain, and mate of the vessel, and a person named Broder som, -a native of-Copenhagen, to defraud the under writers ; first, by making a pretended consignment of the goods mentioned in the declaration ; and second, by wilfully sinking the ship at sea. To support thii defence the principal witness examined was Broder sorn, from -hose evidence it appeared that he had been a.merchant at Copenhagen ; that he had married a widow who kept a tavern in that city, from whom he had been divorced, and that he had since married a woman M England ; that he was acquainted with the plaintiff ; that in the year 1816 the plaintiff and be. entered into a speculation of a pretended consign ment of a quantity of cobalt to England, by making up certain boxes which contained nothing, and which were to be sent to London on board the Charlotta, which ship,i t was agreed, should be sunk at sea, and that insurances should be effected in London upon this supposed. consignment ; that the Captain and mate had become parties to this arrangement, and that for siaking the ship the former was to receive £lOO, and the latter £5O ; that he lt.;cl hi ni , ell effected insurances uponbls share in the adventure to the amount of se veral..litindted pewit's; that after the loss had hap pened hi puisuanceof this conspiracy, he had come to London, and in consequence of the compunctions bi hisconscieace he communicated the fraudulent nature of the trtmsaction to Mr. Isiacs, the Jew Attorney: In confirmation of this man's testimony,it appeared, that the Captain of the ship was not produced, and tkat other .per Sons with might have rebutted his evi dance wert not forthcoming. lint the mate of the Charlotta (who was exami.',ed) denied any share in the conspiracy ;:aitsl it appeared also, that the plaintiff, who was represented in . one of the letters given in- evidence to be a great rogue, was a man of some sub stance, and that the pet will of Whom he was supposed to haveliOught the cobalt-was a traveller for a mer cantile house in St&lchclm, and had offered.merchan tlize: cf'that description for sale at Copenhagen. The case went to the Jury under the Learned Jtidge's di rection, and they immediately fu'und a verdict for the ezLniant. .4[ i -• WESTMINSTER SEOSIOXI ~.- Yesterday thesessions began helot e R. Bits ra, Esq. Mr. 'themes Alaillidrd, ironmonger, in St.Martin's lane, stood indicted for assaiNing Moines Benbow and Terrea, on the 9..Sth of De-ember last. The prosecutors are a Serjeant and Private of the Coldstream Guards, and were on duty ou the day mentioned in the indictment at Covent-garden Thea tre. They were going off guard with a file of men, consisting of sixteen, to the Barracks at Knights bridge; and in Coventry-street they overtook the Defendant and another Gentleman and Lady walk ing arm and arm together. They gave them the side of the wall, and begged leave to pass, when defen dant pushed Terrea into the kennel. The Serjeant (Benbow), who was at the head of the file, remon strated, when he attempted to strike him, but only knocked off his cap. The serjeant then secured I .lim, and sent for a constable, who took him to St. James's watchhouse. Mr. Testell, tailor in South Audley-street, said, he and his wife, who was in a state of pregnancy, dined with the defendant on that day, and he acconapanied them for the purpose of procuring a coach for her in Piccadilly. The soldiers came up to them suddenly and pushed her, after having turned towards the wall to let them pass. Terrea, who was the second man in front, witness believes pushed the defendant, who instantly retaliated, and the serjeant presented his halberd to his body, threatening to tun him through if he attempted to escape. Mr. WALIORD, in his address to the Jury, observ ed how unceremoniously the Guards push every per.' son who comes ia their way off the pavement, al though the laws of England make no distinction between red coats or coloured coats. The matter could be coasidered only as a casual assault in the street.—Not Guilty. George Francis and Afery Francis, alias Conway, ite. his wife, were indicted for keeping a house of ill fame in Lisle-street, Leicester-square, and with seducing girls to quit their homes. The prosecution was carried on at the instance of an unfortunate fa ther, by whom, and by a variety of witnesses, the following distressing particulars were detailed : William Sayers is the father of eight children, his wife died in child-bed two years ago, and his eldest daughter, Sarah, had since acted as a mother and a Mardian to them. In November, 1817, being then sixteen rears of age, she suddenly disappeared, and for several months he was kept in the most dreadful suspense, till at last, in March, 1818, he was in- Formed she had been seen in the house of the defen dants, in Lisle-street. Thither he repaired, in a state. pf anxiety which it is impossible to describe, when he saw the female defendant, who, in a plaintive tone, told hint she pitied his situation, as it was truly deplorable, but she could not give hint any informa tion, as his daughter had left her house, and was gone, she knew not whither. Disappointed thus in his fond hopes, the afflicted father again sunk into melancholy, till finally he discovered his lost child in Bartholomew's Hospital, in a deplorable state of wretchedness. On her recovery he took her Morrie, but in three months after she was again induced to quit his house, and to go to this infamous nursery of vice in Lisle-street. There he went, and was, as for merly, answered by the defendant, Mary Francis, who in the most hypocritical manner, again condoled with him on his loss, and said his daughter was now in the Lock Hospital. He went there, but found the whole a fabrication. Next morning he went to the house with a constable aad a friend, and though the infamous woman denied that the girl was there, he found her concealed under a sofa, and dreadfully ill. The unhappy girl, who is not yet 18 years of age, ,was carried home, and has since remained under her father's roof, conducting herself, as was proved, with that propriety of conduct which true penitence can alone produce. She stated the story herself in the most affecting terms, shedding tears, and shewing the deepest sorrow for her seduction. Mr. BARRY conducted the prosecution, and la mented that the punishment of the pillory was abo lished, as there never was two wretches more deserv ing of it thin the characters at the bir. - Mr. ALLEY addressed the Court for the defendants; but the Jury instantly found them both Guilty. The Court then sentenced George Francis to pay a fine of £lOO to the King, and adjudged him and the female to 'one year's hard labour in the House of Correction, and at the expiry of that term to find se curities to keep the peace, themselves in £5OO each, and two sureties hi £250 each, for the further term of three years'.--The verdict and sentence were re ceived with lond - acclamations by a crowded Court. MANSION-Rousz.—Yesterday, William Crotrther, a well-known character, was brought up and under went an examination charged - on suspicion of stealing front the Bull and Mouth Tap, Bull and Mouth -street, a basket; in which were two parcels, containing eleven thousand pounds, ifi Bills, Bank of England notes, and Local Bank notes, which had been left in the bar fur a few minutes by the Guard to the Old Fly Wor cester Coach, while he went to time 'his bill at the office. He received the parcels for the house of Sir William Curtis, and Co.—Edward Viles, who keeps the Bull and Mouth Tap, deposed, that on the 50th March, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon, the morning of the robbery, after the parcel had been left there, that the prisoner Crowther, as he thought, came into the tap, and called for a glass orale ; there was another man close by. Witness went to the fire-place, and, taking out the hot poker, ran with it up staits to set light to another fire, he was away from the bar about a.minute and a half, and upon his return found the two men gone, leaving a part of their bees (little as they had) undrank.—The contents of the parcels were about £7OOO in Bills and Drafts, and the re maining £4OOO in Bank -notes, of whi c h #.900 were Bank of England. The negotiable Bills and Drafts were, since the robbery, found in an area or yard Sherborne-lane.- - --The ptisober was reenanxi_pd for fut. ther examination. . Charles IVl‘classox was committed for further era• mination, charged with the company coming out or at the close of the perforviance , Il AT TON-GA aps,s.—Yesterday, li'illialx Clarke, Joie) Clarkeso'well-dressed young men, were con mon utterrrs of forged J Crake and ?homes Cc riwell The others a ere ordered*); • • • LENT A SOUS. LAXC ASTI 7 II.—.-aiNSP! YOF WOPSILEIC T/1E1(1NC iERCONON AND ANOTHER. SCARLETT stated, that this was an indictment against the two defendants, charging them with con spiring, in conjunction with divers others of their fellow-workmen, to prevent their mastertrom receiv ing apprentices into his service, by combining with each other to quit his employment, unless he desisted from keeping such apprentices. Mr. Samuel Davenport is a calico engraver at Manchester. In the month of August last, he had in his service about fifteen or sixteen journeymen and eight apprentices, besides other persons, em ployed in that part of the business that was worked by machinery, making a total of about thirty-six persons. He had received into his service a boy of the name of Green, as a turn-over apprentice, but who had not been in the shop more than a few hours when the defendant, Edge, came into the counting house, and said—" be d—d if I stand it."—Wit ness said, he had previously seen all the men together in close conversation.—Edge added, that if I (the witness) did not turn that man away (meaning Green) they would all leave me. Witness told the defendant Edge, that if he was dissatisfied he might leave his service, and he delivered him up a written agree ment, and he quitted his employment and never re turned to it again. Witness stated, that the men left their work, and that theteitness and his partner, con ceiving that the cessation of business occasioned by the loss of so many hands would be attended with pgreat inconvenience, acceded to their demands, and dismissed Green from their service. In about a month they engaged another turn-over apprentice, when the same general revolt took place, in which the ether defendant. Ferguson, took the lead. But in this case the masters refused to comply with the requisitions of the men, who all of diem, except two, entirely quitted the service of the prosecutors, to their great inconvenience and loss. Mr. WILLIAMS addressed the Jury on the part of the defendant Edge. Ile contended, that in quitting the service of his employers, he had only done that which he had a right to do, as they had relinquished the agreement by which he had bound himself to their service ; and that if he did not like the introduc tion of another apprentice into his master's service, contrary to the rules observed in the trade, he was justified in quitting it. The defendants objected not to work with any apprentices, but with a greater number than was the custom of the trade. As an individual, he clearly had a right to act upon this ground ; and if it' as innocent in one man to do it, he did not see upon what icrouud of reason or com mon sense criminality was imputed, when numbers concurred in the same opinion, and joined in the same act. The masters in different ways made arrange ments with each other for the regulation of their business, and yet we never hear of any prosecutions against them for a conspiracy. All the prosecutions are by the masters, and all the convictions are the convictions of the suffering journeymen. Mr. WIL LIAMS insisted, that unless the Jury were clearly satisfied that the defendant Edge had conspired with the other persons named in the indictment for the purposes therein stated—of obliging and compelling his employers to desist from receiving any appren tices into their service—it would be their duty to acquit him..—Mr. HOLT adopted the some course of argument for Ferguson. Baron WOOD said, the defendant' and any other workmen had, as individuals, a right to serve their employers upon such conditions as they chose, and to leave their service when they thought themselves aggrieved, provided they did this as individuals, without any previous concert with each other. It was the combining together to effect their purpose which was illegal; and if the Jury were satisfied from the evidence that the defendants had conspired or concerted together to quit the employment of the prosecutors, for the purpose of removing the ob noxious apprentice, they must find the defendants guilty of the charge imputed to them. The Jury found both the prisoners Guilty. Judgment will be pronounced upon them in the Court of King's Bench, as the cause had been re moved from the jurisdiction of the Quarter Sessions. TEE KING (ON TIM PROSECUTION OF AIR. WM. SMITH), AGAINST NICK OLLS AND OTHERS. This was an indictment against several cotton-spin ners in the employ of Mr. Smith, of Ileaton Norris, for a conspiracy to raise their wages. The defendants having appeared at the bar, and pleaded guilty to the charge, Mr- Sesjeant Otos; as Counsel for the prosecution, stated that this indictment was preferred at the last Assizes, the state of society at that time, and the alarm in w hich the whole of this commercial district then was, making it absolutely necessary ; but the dispositions of the defendants themselves having since taken a favourable change, he was instructed to throw the defendants upon his Lordship's mercy. Mr. Baron RICIIARD* then addressed the prisoners, observing, that he should inflict no punishment upon them, but expected that they would hereafter con duct themselves with propriety ; and that they enter into recognizances in £2O each, to attend to receive judgment if found offlnding in future. The prisoners expressed their thanks for the lenient manner which they had been dealt with,.and, having entered into the recognizances directed by the Judge, they were discharged. FLUNTSHIRE SRS,,SJONL—MOLD, APRIL I. SUPERSTITION. TUE RING, ON THE PROSECUTION OF EDWARD PIERCE, AGAINST NEN 2DW ARDS, FOR OBTAINING • )IONIC? UNDER sAusg PRETENCES. Mr. Hsu. (the Attorney-General) stated the case Yrith his usual perspicuity and ingenuity, which for coasiderable tune 'incited the laughter of a very *owdecl.Comet, and produced a smile even on the 'graves countenance. • Tbe-Presecetor (Edward Pierce) was then called Ig o and gave Ms evidence as follows :--As I live at U*Adirßog,.in the county of Denbigh. I saw John Edw - ards,_ at•his.own house, called Berth ddu, in the month-of April, 1819. I into .a well, called Fyenon had been put in. I.thought • with me. I . saw every informed that.Jobe.Eci. the well' I went to him cold NM 'sopicthing was insuedisoky .obset red, ;has Fsliattv-1 trearisiod •• , --,s 4 . attempting to yob several of P al.4 b of Northop , in the int It of Covent• Gard en Theatre, 'andel:4o°4i had been put Int rviance on Tuenlay• night. ,' Ems: I mean, ray name had 'earerday, Thomas Conan& ragthins was—the matter w 40. e .a n d J o h n s at i t o 4pa u ttling going cow., .1 was in c!, were cbuged wilkTheing....Onit P llll ' ll l 4 ' o * out of d rged Bauk- nods . Wiliam 91-44itt.0-besinsacir out. -:I u I so Priwnli were fully committed: PlClROUtArititime. .14* ham for re - CAlligi1111;i011: ' . rn i: l44o C 4 g l Ihit Arils's= He said it was not then a fit time ::sati;rlc::, out, but de , tired me to wait till the r.o.t when he s mild take me o;;t. Ile regi t ,,l . ',' the interim, to read the followir,g 68, 109, and 118 ; afterwards he would let n t . when to go to Fynnon lilian, as dkre we..: people to go with us—it w as absolutely wee, go there; 1 went to his butt e ia inquire about the proper time to ga He said he would go the following desired me to meet him at St. Asal there at seven o'clock on the Sundt was then f:/// nt wn I Edwards fix( When I saw him at St. Asaph, he go on one side with him to r.ay the he said was to be given to the Won;, for taking my name cut ; he said, my name would be taken out. 1 we.: but I told him I had only Ifs. (id. he accepted! lle then engaged to out, and pay the money to the Worn; He told me, that in consequence of h; taken out, I should have my health a I wished to have ; I am sure he told him the money, in order that my n; taken out. John Edwards, myself, men, on the same business, then start, we arrised there from twelve to tail-i Sunday 'night. I never saw the wei wards called me to the well and shewi went to a stile near the well; he bid u: and remain there till he fetched the house where the Woman of the Well I me he would then pay the woman. 1 where the house was. The well was not see a key. There was no dt knowledge. Edwards was absent aboul When he returned, he desired one if low him. One of the strangers went were absent about a quarter of an . minutes; when the man returned, 1 wer I found Edwards at the well ; he bid . side of the well and say the Lonn's He then emptied the well with a smal" When emptying it, he prayed to the and HOLY GIiOST. The well then filt then put some water into the cup, and drink some of it, and throw the rem: head ; he said I must do so three times After this, Edwards said, now we name. He put his hand a little abov, the water goes into the well; he f' iMmediately, and said, " Here is sometin be gave to me. He desired me to pup I dui so, but could find nothing. M: was, a piece of slate, a cork, a piece rolled up, and tied together with a - open it till I got home; it was in m: then. When I opened the sheet-lead, of parchment inside, with the letter there were also some crosses. It was at the well. When Edwards gave it . thought it was my name, and said every be right and go. on well with me, and come on better than usual. I gave Mr. Edward Thelwall; I had them sion till then. Cross-examilted.—l can't tell I was going to the well. One of my daughters fore I went there ; she was better atter My cows, horses, pigs, sheep, cats, • not ill, nor was my wife tross ; but I thing was the Matter with mel Erb my name was put - in she well ;he said I him Ms. he would take my name out. what you mean by ghosts! I. saw no heads, nor did I see black pins! name Was in the well, I should not prospei my name was put in, and that I was in consequence. Thought, by hearing talk, I should suffer bodily pain, and in the world, as long as I was in the told me if my name continued in the go on worse and worse every moon atter ' Margaret Pritchard examined.—l now in Carnarvonshire; resided at Cefn 'farm where the well is situated), in 3rl2y called " The woman of the Well." I Edwards. I did nut see him in M; three years before; he did not pay , May last, no, nor a halfpenny. 1 ant see him since the time I mentioned. There or door to the well. The Rev. E. Thelwall prodnced the parchment, welch he said were delivt. Pierce—they had been in his custody Edward Pierce," and the letters E.P. the parchment, and E.P. Was cut upon Edward Pierce then said, he rece►t produced by Mr. Thelwall; from John Mr. MANLEY addressed the Court _ behalf of the defendant, with the greatest facetiousness. No witnesses were called on the part dant—the Learned CHIEF JUDGE then sum up the evidence, and animadverted enormity of the offence. The Jury, after a few minutes deliberati' the defendant Guilty. Ile was then ordered to be brought up for judgment day ; when the Court intimated, that the he had been proved convicted, subjected portation ; but in consideration of its' offence, and of his imprisonment since sio», sentenced him to be c.antined in • for Twelve Calendar Months. 131 RTH. Friday, at Sandwiet, the %life of Mr. C. of twins, and net Saturday evening of another c are living and doing well. MARRIED. On the 30th ult. at Botirtleaux, Jarratt Smith, glary of Ordnance, to Miss Violet, of Stonehuv- DIED. Friday, in Devonshire-place, John Weir, Gencral al the Army Medical D.T.lrtne , April 11, in Great Ormuml-strett, Li her NMI& ihnirtiaiiiiiiktenof Sir Digheiackwurti Ship. in Market. 76 Newcarale 1.6 Sunk.' land 11 A ' Ai Nu. Ships SoI6l. 7,9 31 9 31 • HIGH" " ATICIVat- LCOIDON BLit nr; F. • 31t rnang • - • • 17 fr.. • Attrittowl 4P .---- - LI)N Dt)!4 t r ,,~... ~~ '~ !Ake it t Id let m a I . tcre c , 'to the N , su, ...uts, aph. t e TO evenir, ed the desired a, Torn rc, : ..0.! to Trt is I p a id t tk cc 24t0 p ty !:•e, take my nan of the s laving ply and aufkGri. me so. I ) Ea name Tni , z l 4 l et- 11 , Sedi.p l e s idlil k t sbf'd h: jeltr ; tt 'e rn) :! im i e.1 0 1e s : z1 s u rs ZAlli*642 l l' Ilived. H c u' lie did mt ,„ Less insitic a fc : Li"; door on i t to r xsut ten mihrt, Tex the en to :. Tea t with him ; t:. Owl a hour or lot: wect in his Ime surd on 0 - and I did 11. all wooden cu tiny e FATHER, So . w ! t a " illed again. P lu esa l ad desired me. 14 21 nainder over rad lies ; I compl . ., ill look ft r 'a bove near ‘ii 1 found wmea• lra . . bra br put my hanu 1 hat he gave ce of sheet.l wire. I did .. ny possesi.ton I found E. P. urot . th too dark to rea it me, he said 't very thing v.:Lc: nd that 1 shot. the slate, Scc. • lin my pow: I was better aft ;titers was CA ter I came b.,(' nor dugs, wt I thought Lora. Awards told .- d if I would pa it. I don't kno l o idi c :eo o ru :v g s lht ‘ ti v i i oi th fug o n a i : s going on wot ng other pee& id go on badl e well. Edwards ev. ell, I should a titer another! 1 now live at Row, a y Fynnon (the M2y last. I was I know John fay last, nor for rme 14s. 6d. is ma sure I did not There is no lock e slate, cork, and ered to him bi iv ever since.— ?, were written Os on the slate. !bred ( the articht ihn Edwards. in and Jury ea greatest skill and ,art of the &far ten wended to rted much on the liberation, found I remanded, and rot the following the °fence whi..l. Led him to tsar its being the bra T last Great St , - the County Gad . Davisor, itrirr: chill, two 4.4 va.:— mitb, Esq. Dan , Esq. late Dirac:* r 1716 year, Aro worth, Dail. 14. Price. , Sta Od to 4U ( 1 .3 6d to 41s 4. Ta - ,,:ounow• enures after 6 NO Ss, Pl gtv. . •