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I . i t. i . ,i . 11 i ' -, 1 1 : 1 . j 1 ' 1 I ‘ l :.* ll t i . 1 • 1 ' 1 i • i i 1 ‘ 1 I i Y ' r ' { . .. t 4 4 ' i 4 . II ' , I ' S. \\ .i, . 1 / 4 '1 1,,M......,6''....• a public examination, which must be alike disagree able to both sides. Mr. James and Mr.Etuareav finally consented to refer the case to Mr. Pewits. The young Lady whose conduct formed the sub ject of inquiry was put into the witness's box. She was well dressed, but did, not exhibit any striking features of beauty or elegance. A verdict was then taken for £lOOO, subject to a reference. TOMES, OENT. &C. V. KEENE, TIIE YOUNGER. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is an attorney, at Oxford, against the defendant, a tell keeper at Yarnton, near this city, to recover damages for the detention of himself, his horse, and gig.— The defendant had suffered judgment to go by de fault, and the Sheriff summoned a Jury to assess the damages, which were laid ia the declaration at £5O. It appeared by the evidence of the plaintiff's sister, that in May last the plaintiff drove the witness in a gig through Yarnton turnpike, on his way into War.; wickshire, and on his return from thence with wit ness, two days afterwards, he again passed through the same gate, and gave a boy a shilling to pay the toll. The boy brought him Bd. as 'change. This Mr. Tomes said was too much, as he had not paid on the Tuesday preceding, and desired the boy to take back 4d. He then passed through the gate, but be fore he had proceeded many yards, was desired to stop by the defendant, who asked him if he had a ticket, or if the horse was his own ? The plaintiff replied that he had no ticket, but that he did not ale :m it necessary he should say whether the horse was his own or not ; he however gave his name and address. The defendant then seized the head of the horse, backed him through the turnpike, locked tie gate, and put the key in his pocket. The plaintiff anat into the turnpike house and demanded by what authority he was thus treated. Keene chewed him in Act of Parliament, lions which it appeared that the keepers of tollgates incur a penalty of £5 if they neglect asking the question which Mr. Tomes had refused to answer. Mr. Tomes at length said that the horse was his own, and was then suffered to pro ceed on his journey. As a compensation for this de tention the action was brought. After a very able address for the defendant by Mr. DATINUCY, ;he Jury withdraw to consider their yes. dict, and were absent nearly an hour. On their re turn into Court, they gave a verdict for the plain tiff—Dantages, One Fart Ling. HERTFORD.--3ATU2D. I7 . FROST U. WOOD. This was an action brought to recover a compensa tion in damages for defamingthe character of the plaintiff's wife. The -plate tiff is a linen draper, and the defeadaat a saddler, at St. Alban's. It appeared, that some • • s;nce the plaintiff became embarras sed in his circumstances, anai tiled his creditors to gether. Previous to this, his fathei-in-'aw, a Mr. Wall, authorised him to say, that he would guarantee to his creditors the payment of ten shillings in thg pound. Pending this arrangement,. the matter of scandal, the subject of the present action, took place, and the consequence was, rnat Mr. Wall declared he would withhold the promised guarantee: Mr. Wall etas calle.l to prove the fact,' and it appeared .from his staterucat, that all the parties were well acquair. ted with earls other, and that himself and the defen dant met very frequently at a dissenting house of worship in the team. -On returning one evenint from the meeting, Woo.i e.aiLiom:,t him against get- . tint into 'further trouble reapaccting Frost, said he was sorry for Frost, but not for his wife,*as her con duct wus most shameful, and in ev‘ry body's mouth., He then apprise& MT.. Wall that she had been seen in an improper situation with a Dr. in Folly lane, and that she now had• another man after her, named Long Tons. On his cross-examination, he ad mitted, that unpleasant reports regarding his daughter had been.rery prevalent an the town, and he did not believe that he was actuated by any malic iou s motive' in repeating the expressions; Le thought, on the con- 1 traria it . arose lions friendship, and a desire to des a service rather than evil. He thought, in fact,-that Frost would be a ruined man, and that he, Wall, would forfeit his security.---Verdict for the defendant. YORK, JULY 16. CROWN SIDE.—ATTEMPT '.O POISON. William Bailey, otherwise Kaightson, aged 97, ..vas charged with having administered poison with intent' to hid Joseph Dodsworth, his brother-in-law. IMr.WILLIA'ne opened the ca:c ter the prosecution. Joseph Dadsworth was carried into the Court, and gave his evidence sitting. He lived at Aikendale in the beginning of March last. His father, Thomas Dedsworth, lam only two children—witness and the prisoner's wife. His father has same property in land. Witness married at Christmas last, when the prisoner, who had till then lived in Isis father-in-law's house, removed to a separate house. On the 15th of March witness and the prisoner had gone together to Boroughbridgc. On their way hoMewards the pri soner presented a piece of roll of bread to witness, desiring him to eat it. Witness remarked some black particles in the roll, and prisoner said that it had not been well baked. They afterwards separated, and whea witness had gone about two miles, he felt a sudden swelling, sickened, and was attacked with a shihrat pain in his stomach. lie made his way to" George Jackson's at Knaresborough. He lay sick in his stable. Mint water was given to him. He con tinued very ill, and was carried home to his father's. The prisoner came into his room ; witness's father and wife were present. The prisoner seemed to pity him very much. They sent him for some mint wa ter, but the witness was then so ill that he could now give no account of that. He took the n.int water, and threw it up again. A Doctor was sent for that evening. Thomas Haw, who had been sent for the a laztor, brought back a pill and a draught , both of which the witness took. It did him good. The pri soner came again neat morning . to ask him how he did. Something was said about sending for medi cine. Prisoner said he was going to Boroughbridge for coals, and he would ca rr y medicines to Westfield Gate; where witness's father was to take it from him and to carry it to the witness. This was done. The medicine was shaken up. There was a powder to be tak6 with the draught. lie flung it up again as soon as he got it. He was to take it,every four hours. Be took it three times, and always with the same effect. The prisoner came in at night, expressed mach sorrow, and pitied him very much. He dot more medicine next day, which his wife gave him. It did him good. lie was long very ill, and out of his mind a-piece. Cross-ertunined by Mr.Citoss.--He said they were good friends. His stomach was first affected after eating the bread. He did not till two or three days afterwards think that the bread was the cause. He had eaten his breakfast at seven that morning. He had been ill some time before. He could not tell what his complaint had been. He had then required' no doctor. He had given the prisoner some time before a promissory note for EGO, which he owed to him. It was not hitherto paid. It was not payable till after his father's death. Examined by the Court.--He said his father's pro perty consisted of about-eleven acres in land. It was to come to his father's heirs. Anne Dodsworth, wife of the former witness, was married last Christmas. Her husband was carried home about five o'clock on the 25th March. The priioner came soon afterwards with some mint water in a pitcher. Witness poured it into a tea-cup, and said it looked very thick and muddy ; he said that the woman from whom he got it had teemed (emp tied) it from the bottom of what she had it in, and said iv was all she had. He told her to put some sugar in it, and stir it well, and give it to her hus band, for it would do him good. It made her hus band very sick. She sent Haw for the Doctor. Haw brought some medicine, and a bolus. It seemed to give him ease. Mr. Sedg Nick, the doctor, came next day, and ordered some person to be sent after him for medicine. The prisoner came in afterwards, and she said to him that she had to send some person to Boroughbridge for medicine. He said that he would bring it to Westfield Gate, and her father-in-law should meet him there, as he was going to Knares borough with coals. Her father-in-law brought a bottle and half a dozen powders ; it was a clear me-1 dicine, with some white powder at the bottom. The cork was not tied ; there was no distinct paper at tached to it. Her father is-law directed her to shake it up ; she did so, and gave two table spoonsful of a to her husband ; she repeated this at intervals twice ; it sickened him every time. She sent Thomas Steel for more medicine that day ; he brought some small bottles ; she gave this draught to her husband—it eased him at once. Some doubt was occasioned as to the examination of this witness to a transaction on the Ist of April, because Mr.Wi hams h.td not stated it in his opening. Mr. Justice BAYLEY said, he lad no doubt of the propriety of such examinations, but, for the greater satisfaction, sent a note to consult Mr. Baron Wood , who troug hs it very doubtful. His Lordship thought it admissible. Witness went on the Ist of April, to Knaresbo ' rough, and bought a little veal for her husband's supi;::. It was intended for him alone. It was put on the fire about seven that evening, in the kitchen. The prisoner came in afterwards when witness was up stairs. She heard him take a chair, and ask her father-in-law what was in the pa -- . He told him it i was a little broth making for Joseph. She went down five or ten minutes afterwards, and found her father- John Haw, and the prisoner, at the fire. She went with a candle to look into the pan. The priso ner asked how her husband was? she replied that he was very poorly. She observed a white scum upon the broth, which she skimmed off, mad tasted the broth, which tasted very'ill in her mouth. She made no remark, because she thought she had taken a spoon used for her husband's medicines. She got *- clean spoon, and took a little oatmeal to thicken the broth. The prisoner then got up and went out. She tasted the broth akain, and it had the same effect as before. She asked her father to taste it and llaw ; all were affected by it. She had not taken above a table spoonful. She felt a violent pain at her sto mach, which continued till twelve o'clock at night. She put the broth into a dish. and saved it for Mr. Sedgewick. She put it in a closet. It was not locked. Her sister, Mary came in afterwards, and looked at the broth with her. She was never in the house by herself, and had no ir, • ••ixrtunity of putting any thing into it. Mr. Sedgew ick saw it next morn-' ing, and in consequence of his advice, she took it to Knaresberongh, to Mr. Lambert, the druggist, and left it with him. It was not till after the broth was talten ro Mr. Lambert, that she looked al the medi cine in the drawer which had sickened her husband , on the 26th of March. She delivered It to Mr. Sedge wick. Two or three days afterwards she received a parcel from Thomas Ila•.r, with two seals, directed to Mr. Murray at Knaresborough. She scat it to him by John Haw. Thomas Dodswordr, the first witness's father, met the prisoner at the WestEzld-gate, to take medicine from him. There was no one with him or with the prisoner. He did not see Robert Nicholson. He got 'a bottle from him ; he said it was tole shaken np. Witness gave it to' his daughter-in-law in the same-state in which he got it. . The prisoner,' when he came into the kitchen, asked nothing about the broth, and witness said nothing about it. His daugh ter gave hint the broth to taste. It did not taste well: he was not well, but no' way that he might call badly. He had tasted very little of the broth. He had given no directions to buy poison for rats. He had never ordered to buy any. Cross-examined by the Cot m—lle. believed the &honer was about half an hour in the kitchen, when the broth was on the fire. Witness was present all the time. There was no cover on the pan. He saw no one putting any thing into it. He thought the prisoner could not put any thing into it without his seeing him. He believed that he put nothing into it, and thought it was not possible he con'.d. Mr. Sedgewick visited Dodsworth on the 26th. He had sent him some medicine on the former day. There was nothing in it to occasion sickness. Dods worth said he had been afflicted the day before with ' sickness and vomiting, and told him the medicine he had sent had relieved him. The symptoms were those of a person affected in the stomach and bowels. Arsenic would have produced exactly the same ap , pearances. He went home and made up some more medicines; the mixture was a saline mixture, co loured with lavender—it was four scruples of pre pared kali, which was a sub-carbonate of potash, two ounces of concrete acid of lemon, two drachms ; of sweet spirits of nitre, and half a drachm of tine , tare of lavender, and mixed in four ounces of water. There was nothing in it to occasion sickness, or to create sediment. He gave it to the prisoner, but woe no direction whatever. These was no cover , cork. lie found J. Ugdswoeth next day much ivfik with all the sytiptoms which would have bean pro duced if he had taken mineral poison in the mean time. Qn the-Sd of .April he savr the bottle again in the possession of A nn Dodsworth. About half had re mained. It was quite different from what he had given. --The colour at the top was not altered, but there was a sediment at the bottom ; he took some of the sediment, and put it on hot iron ; it smelled like girlick. He took the bottle home, and mixed it up with a little amitionia, with the nitrate of siher. This produced a yellow sulphur-coloured precipitate. He believed a decoction of onion would have produced the same effect as well as arsenic. He would rather leave the chymical evidence to Dr. Murray. His own conclusion was, that arsenic had been put into it. He sent it to Dr. Murray, having mixed it with water only in order to get the sediment all out of the origi- Inal bottle. He was present when Dr. Murray and Mr. Lambert examined it. He was able to say that arsenic was detected in its metallic state. Dr. Murray, a doctor of physic in Knaresborough, visited Dodsworth on the 6th of April. His tongue was covered with a thick white scurf, greater than the degree of fever warranted, from which he infer red something acrimonious in the alimentary canal. Arsenic produces pain in the pit of the stomach, fe ver, and diarrhoea. Dodsworth's appearance was cer tainly that of a person affected by mineral poison. There was nothing specific, for the effects of mineral poison and of acrid bile were very similar. The pa ralytic disorder which affected Dodsworth's extremi ties was very ordinarily a secondary effect of mineral poison. In his opinion, decidedly, there was arsenic in the bottle, which he examined in presence of Mr. Sedgewick and M:. Lambert. There was the osyd of arsenic ; it was not metallic arsenic, for that was not soluble. There was such a thing as overdosing, of which the effect was to prevent the poison from actin& by exciting immediate vomiting. He had examined the broth, which also contained arsenic. He had no doubt whatever as to the presence of ar senic in both cases. . John Haw gave the same evidence as to the priso ner's inquiries respecting the pan which contained the broth which Ann Dodsworth had given. The priso ner sat close by the fire above the pan ; his hand was closed ; he 'saw him take away his hand ; it was then open. The witness got some of the broth to taste, not a table-spoonful ; it tasted like pepper : he fell afterwards fit to burst. It had that effect instantly. Mr. Lambert stated, that the prisoner applied to him on the ‘26th for two or three quarters of a pound of arsenic for the old man. He refused, and said it was not the rule to give it unless it was ascertained that it was for a proper use. The prisoner said it did not signify, he would call again : he called again on the 28th with a person of the name of Gee, and said he brought one to certify that the arsenic was for a proper purpose. He knew the prisoner, and the prisoner must have known that he knew him. Mrs. Webster proved her haring given the priso ner some mint-water for his brother-in-law. It never produced sediment, and was perfectly clear. The prisoner bad nothing to say in his defence, but left the case to his Counsel. Edmund IC nigh tson, prisoner's:father, desired hisson to get something to kill the rats, they were so much plagued with them. Amsley, the car. icr, brou4lit it on Tuesday, in the latter end of March. It was Larger than a quarter of a pound often. Cross-ox amined —He did not know by whom he sent the messre. The message was for such stuff as he had got before.—Several witnesses spoke to charac ter, some of whom said there was not a man in York shire heart. behaved or more respected. Mr. Justice AAI:LEY summed up the evidence. The Jury retired at half-past three, and in a quar ter of an hour retdrned their verdict—Guilty. His Lordship proceeded immediately to pronounce sentence. The prisoner seeing this, dropt on his knees, and earnestly prayed for mercy. His Lord ship addressed him thus William Knightson, I pronounce your sentence thus early, that you may be assured that you can expect mercy from GOD alone. Not the least doubt can exist on your case. --(The convict muttered something) —" It is im possible that such a crime as you have been cop victed of can fail tcflae visited with the last punish ment of the law. It was not done rashly and in heated blood. It was a cool, deliberate, and fre quently repeated attempt to murder a man who had done you no injury. I hope this case will be a wain-, ing to all. Deeds of darkness generally, if not al ways, come to light. The law allows y-:u more time to prepare for your awful end than could be given if your attempt had been successful. The sentence of the law is, that you be banged by the neck till you are dead." The convict looked steadily in his Lordship's face during the time his Lordship was addressing him. The Court was excessively crowded. In March last, as Mr. BENNETT, and Alderman WOOD were investigating the case o f the boys Kelly and Spicer, a young man, named George Maelhetus, who was then recently convicted of a capital offence, for robbing . his master, addressed them ; and, from the communications he made, they were impressed with an idea of his innocence ; whereupon Mr. Al derman WOOD undertook to investigate the myste rious transaction, and he devoted several days in exa mining several persons acquainted with facts con nected with the young man's case, and the result de cidedly proved his innocence. Upon this, Alderman WOOD had all the evidence collected, and a memo rial prepared and laid before Lord SIDMOUTH, who, on Friday, sent a pardon to Newgate for the poor lad. Friday last, the following case was heard at Queen square Police Office: On the the 18th of May Wm. MURRAY, Esq. pulled out a valuable gold watch in the smoking-room (as it is called) of the House of Commons, to seal a letter. He soon after took a chaise from Tapley's, to. convey him to Essex. When he got there he missed his watch, and all enquiry after it was fruitless, though he advertised a reward of £lO for it. At last a pawnbroker produced the watch, and claimed the reward, though he had only advanced £l. 15s. upon it. He proved that Berry, a chaise-washer in Tapley's yard, pledged the watch with him ; and the prisoner admitted finding it in the chaise which conveyed Mr. MURRAY into Essex. Mr. M. not being willing to press the case to the ut moit, the prisoner was convicted in the penalty of £5, and £l5 for the watch, under the Pawnbroker's Act, and in default of payment was committed for three r swaths to the House of Correction. CLERICAL INTELLIbEYCL OXFORD, JULY le. Saturday, the last day of Act Term, the Rey. John Motacs Clem, M.A. of Balliol College, and Rector of St. Goble :a the City of Exeter, was admitted Bachelor and Do:tor tr. Di. Autry, Grand Compounder ; the Rev. Hugh Stephens, :‘,L4 4 Jesus College, was admitted Bachelor In liivi n i t y ; and !tr. k Davits, of id College, was admitted Bachelor of Arts. - The whole number of Degrees in Act Term was : Fat 13.1) ) two D.C.L. two DI& ; ten B.D. • Wtreeven Z.LA.; .tatt 'even B.A. Matriculations fievent,4eix. ECCLESIASTICAL PROIIOTIONS. The Prince of Wales has been pleased to appoint the Berrs able and Reverend John Nevi/le. A. M. of Christ Cbtack lege. Oxford, to be one of MS Boyd Highness's Clupi ati Ordinary. The Hon. and Rev. John Neville, M.A. is monented to gs Rectory of Bergh Apton, and mediety of liavertcn, Soci , and also to the Rectory of Ottley, in Suffolk. The Rev. Join Sympson Sergrove, Lecturer if e. Margaret and St. GAbriel, Rood-Lane, to the !IWO( f of Cvd ling, Kent. _ _ _ The Rev. Henry Anthony Pr, one of the Prehendz:in Worcester Cathedral, to the rectory or Har.fiton. Rec. Edward Bolivar, to the Rectory of hall, Norf.):l. The Rev. George Bythesta, to the Beciwy of iretfa - ', near Bath. The majority of the instructors of youth at Ma. dud are stated to be hostile to the introduction of the Lancasterian System of Education, but it is ea pectcd that it will ultimately obtain the sanction ci del INFANTADO, and other Grandees, rh o V i ol / the Government, through the influence of the Duce and Timothy T urner , two of the pes approvejohn Doyle of it. Mr. Gram, l a d o uri n s n c g on h c i e: c n h e ai d r n n g th i n e D la u te biin, a t ta p l c on pleaded Guiuy in &g Recorder's Court, on Tuesday last, and were senten ced to one month's in.priaonment. •The Reeoarita observed, that were it not for their 2esnowledginwa of guilt, and deep sense of contrition. their snatence, on conviction, would havebeeu ayear's imprisonme The custom of Cbaltin Members if Parliitniea arose, no doubt, from a practice in use among :he ancient inhabitants of Sweden and other nations r: Scandinavia, from whom we are descended One oi the Senators, or Judges of the Provinces, convoked an assembly to make a new election immediately after the death of the Xing, and demanded. with a lend voice, of the people, it they would ampt icr k'mg the person named, who was always one of the 'Loyal Fa mily. When they had all given their consent, thence King waslifted up on the shoulders Of tile Senators, in order that all the people might see and know hire. 'Saturday se • nnight, the Poor House, at Smardm, in Bent, was burnt to the ground, occasioned by a child throwing a piece of burning paper out of a wiadov; which lodged on the thatch of the roof: fortunate:y no lives were lost. At the same place, on Tuesday last, a house and barn were burnt down, frcm the circumstance of some lighted coals sticking tc back of a cat which unluckily ran into a room rho": some straw and rubbish was deposited, to which it set fire—part of the furniture of the house was lucliiy preserved. Sunday se'nr.ight, Mr. F. Wean, miller, of Swrs comb, late of 13ear,tod, was found drowned in tie basin at Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH'S, at 'lb mpston. Box ERS.--The cornpletirn of the stake of 200 gni n ras, between Painter and Spring for their great mat h on the 7th of August, is to be nnadegood at Belcher% on Friday next. The following new matches areal:a e Feted to be made at the tires-Court to-morree— Davis, who recently clerated Belasco, against Ran dall, for £2OO aside; Green against Scroggins, for £lOO ; George Nichols, againtt Hudson, tie conque ror of West Country Dick, for 1:100; and Isles Wight Hall against Martin the baker, for £lt*. Oliver is quite recovered ; and a second match with Neate is talked of. DELAYS ARE DANOIntOUS! This adage is appli cable to those who have lived rather gay, when i ea the eve •of Matrimony, and who are doubtful of consequences of an ill-cured contagion; and t mast afford consolation to the of licted to know th,:y have the best advice at the Medical Board at tire lotto Mouse, Great Cbarlotte4treet, opposite the flee. 11:3 1 ,41 Hill's Chapel, Blackfriars-Road, and at .Wootistcck male, Woodstock-strcet, Eve doors from Oxford.street. The Tout par titularly claiMs the attention of those afflicted with llwato, Strictures, Fistulas, Cancers, Scropbulaa, Nervous arising from warm climates, juvenile indiscreuous, he. Er. r dons or. the head, face, and body. ulcerated throat, pays u. head and limbs, frequently intstakem . fur rheumatism, No,' co the shin-bones, are symptoms which appear years after, aoriut co u e ntes of improper treatment. Messrs. C?oria and Cs. of medical and surgical celebrity, after forty years egret .1 this Metropolii, are consulted daily at both houses until rtr ois ,.! et , night, and Ole be directed to Charlotte House, Ithickfriars mad ; but tees at e (g ly ra e tt o s . ) ci u nck a T ._ uessi fo ri, Li Tha ten r is ananstlw7treditdawyhmicophrodnooirnbagn:vteueontaianar tw el ve consuitiot BIRTH. This morning, in Upper Seymour-street, Visemmtes Tort` ton, of a sun. • MARRIED. Wednesday, at Hadleigh, the. Rev. W. B. Bransby, of Kerns, to Ana, {laughter of of Mr. J. Pritty, of the former place. Lately, the Rev. Charles Wood, Rector of Tendering, Eon, and late Fellov.• of MUM College, to Ards, only daugi..er of is late Rev. Ellis St. John, of West Court, Finehanteec. , ! Bets 7 . DIED. Wednesday, in Wincheap-street, Canterbury, Jane, of the late Captain Robert Le Geyt, of Dover. Friday oe'nnight, at Coo!mine House, court! Dublin, !let ander'llfrlspatrick, Esq. au Alderman of D..L:ul, :nd on ciet Directors of the Rank of Ireland. Saturday se'nnight , at Bristol Hotwells, Lang ford ton, Welt daughter of W. Gore Langton, Esq. Colonel of the Ox Militia. Of an apoplectic fit, aged 45, the Rev. Field Flowers, Rector of Putney, Linculushire. In the his 65th year, the Rev. David Jenks, Recta of Mk. bury, Hens. RN in England and Wslssdicli % e week ending July t t, UM I Oaas• I Beans 1 Pew. s. 41. s. d. I. IL 34 3 59 9 Si 9 ~ from the returns made iii dlif 11$, is 495. 11 0. per c,___._'..o,rt. AVERAGE PRICES of COI the Returns received in do AVlivat I Rye. 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