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CHARITY BEGINS AT aOME. • -„, As a belie of high fashion was boating NMI day Of the clothing and food she had just glen away To the Poor, a satirise' elf, Her uncle, exclaim'd—" You the hungry may feed, But as to your clothing the naked, indeed, You bad better bqdn with slower" LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF XING'S BENCH, NOVEMBER 7. - --- - Mr Acmtutrr moved for a rule to spew cause why a criminal information should not be filed against Lieutenant Frederick Wood and Mr. Peter Wood, both residents of Cardigan, the latter • being town clerk of that Borough, for using offensive language towards Peter Taylor Walker, Esq. a Magistrate of the county, and constable of Cardigan Castle, tend ing to incite him to fight a duel with them or either ofthem. The Learned Counsel stated the substance of the affidavit upon which he made his motion, and was to the effect—that Mr. Walker, the applicant, was not aware of ever having given any provocation to either of the Gentlemen against whom he applied, and had never any communication° with either of them except on one occasion, and that was upon a mere matter of business with Mr. Peter Wood; that On the '2sth June last, a County Meeting was to be held in Cardigan, at which he (Mr. Walker) was to preside, and atat he was proceeding to the Town .11all for that purpose, and passing Lieutenant Wood and his brother, who were stagding at the door of the Bear Inn, when the.former came up to him in avio lent and insulting manner, and putting his face close to that of the deponent, said, " I see you are lately come to reside at Cardigan—you are a blackguard— my name is Frederick Wood ; I live at Cardigan ;" upon which Peter Wood, the brother, in same offensive manner, said to deponent, "'feu scamp, you ought to be horse-whi i .Ted—you are a blackguard, Mr. Peter Taylor Walker."—A Gentleman standing by, observed, that they, meaning the Woods, he sup posed, meant Mr. Walker to fight a duel, and in tended to give him a challenge; upon which Lieute nant Wood said, " I meant it so ;' and again ad dressing himself to Mr. Walker, called him a scamp, and said he should then horse-whip him, if it was not out of respect to his own character. Other offensive and provoking language was afterwards used by both the brothers, and the whole of the transaction tuck place publicly, ::ad in the presence of several persons, many of whom were friends of the deponent. Under thrsc circumstances, the Learned Counsel sub miaed that he Lad laid suilicie..t grounds for calling for the interposition of the Court against these Gen tlemen by criminal information. Lot. Chief Justice Ar.norr.—Wliat is Mr. Walker's condition in life ? I`•ir. SC A itt.r.Tr..—Uc lives in Bolton-street; he is a Gentleman ; he is a :: , ligistiate of the Borough, and constable of Cardigan. LORD CO lEV Joselea.—Take a rule to shew cause. DASRET: V. WILLAN AND DXHERS. This was an action against the defendants as com mon carriers, to recover the value of a parcel of cochineal, delivered by the plaintiff at the Bull and Mouth lon, to be carried to Exeter, but which was lost, by the alleged negligent mis-delivery of the de fendants to a person for whom the parcel was not tended. At the trial before Mr. Justice Assorr, at the Sittings in London after last Trinity Term, Jury found a verdict for the defendants. • Mr. MAR RYATT now moved for a rule to shew cause why this verdict should not be set aside and a new trial granted, on two grounds ; first, that there was no sufficient evidence that the plaintiff had no tice of the defendants' restricted liability to 5 ; and, secondly, that the Learned Judge had misdirected the Jury in a point of law. The circumstances of the case were these :—A person named Worthy, a dyer, at Exeter, had been in the habit of dealing with t! - .e plaintiff, a dry-salter, in London, for die stuffs, which were usually sent to Exeter by the defendants coach. Some person at Exeter wrote to the plaintiff in Worthy's name, desiring to know the prices of cochineal. This letter was answered by the plain tiff, and tl.e answer reached Worthy by post ; but be fore he had time to di.clairn any knowledge of the' subject of its content:, the person who had used his ranie before, sera an order to the plaintiff for a par-' cel of cod:kcal (the one in qt.estton), desiring it to be sent to Mr. J. Worthy, by the coach, as usual. The parcel was accordingly packed up and sent by the defendants coach, directed " Mr. J. Worthy, Exeter ;" and as soon as it arrived, the same dexter ous person, who sent the order, applied at the coach office for it, and it was .delivered to him by the book keeper, upon paying 16s. Id. for the carriage ; and in fact, the parcel never reached Mr. Worthy for whom it was intended. Under these circumstances the plaintiff brought the pi cment action. The evidence at the trial seemed to be pretty satisfactory that the plaintiff had had due notice of the defendants' re stricted liability, though there was a doubt upon that point; but the principal question was, whether the defendants had discharged their duty in not de livering the parcel at the house of the person for whom it was intended. The Learned Judge was of opinion, that, inasmuch as the parcel was only di rected " Mr. J. Worthy, Exeter, the defendants had satisfied their part of the implied contract, safely to deliver, by carrying it to Exeter, and cleliveringit to the person who represented himself to be Mr. Wor thy's agent; and, therefore, Lordship directed a verdict for the defendants. The Learned Counsel. now brought both points under the consideration of the Court, and upon a review of the circumstances, the Court granted a rule to strew cause. A great num ber of motions were made for new trials in country causes. Thursday evening early, as Mr. Wrucixs, of Flea-1 rletra-street, was passing through Cavendish-square, a fellow rushed on him, and made a snatch at his watch, but was prevented taking it by Mr. Wtt • inn' struggling, and he escaped without his booty. •About twelve o'clock, the same evening, Mr. R. Bonn, of the Navy, was stopped near his house, in Hatton Garden, by four or five fellows. Mr. BURN, making a stout resistance, the villains decamped with out robbing him. }) •! ; • I\l • • . • • , I . • • 1 1. 41 Vi _ rib I , • i 4 r 4 I 4 • • ••. 1 Ia •—• • • • , 6 \ t • y s.! • 4 1 • ; OLD BAILEY, NOrEMBER 7. SALFORD OCTOBER SESSIONS, 18L8. Samuel Taylor was indicted for feloniously inter marrying with Harriet Festurgion, Mary his former viife being then and still living. The simple facts'of the case, as developed by the evidence, were as follows :—The prisoner was mar ried to his first wife, Mary Hayler, at St. Martin's in-the-Fields, and she was :still living. On the 4th day of January last, he married Harriet Festurgion, at St. Ann's, Soho, represen ting himself to her to be a widower. On t he 10th of March following, hay-. ing spent what money she had, and disposed o f all her furniture, he absconded, leaving her in the most la mentable state of distress, and far advanced in preg nancy. Her necessities at length compelled her to seek refuge in a workhouse, where she finally was delivered of a child. The prisoner, in his defence, attempted to justify his conduct, by stating that he considered himself a widower, but he did not presume to call evidence in confirmation of that asettion.—The Jury immedi ately found the prisoner Guilty. J. Lecore and Catherine Bryant were indicted for feloniously receiving six pounds weight of bristles, the property of J. Mathews. Mr. BOLLAND stated the case to the Jury, from which it appeared that Mr. Mathews is a bristle mer chant, living in Thames-street, and a young man,. named John Ward, who lived porter to Mr. Ma thews, stole the briAles in question, and took them to the house of the prisoners in Brown's-lane, Spital fields. Ward was tried and convicted, and a mild punishment inflicted on him, in order that he might be rendered a competent witness against the }lrmo nsrs. The principal having been brought up from Newgate, and placed in the witness's box, and the certificate of his conviction having been read, Mr. ALLEY, for the prisoners, asked him if he had paid the fine of ls. the judgment of the Court ? Witness said he had not. Mr. ALLEY took an objection, upon the ground that whatever the sentence of the Court might have' been, it must be inflicted before the per:,on could be rendered a competent witness. The R rkonnza,—Then let him pay the shilling. The witness paid the shilling into the hands of Mr. Shelton. The witness being now rendered competent, de tailed the nianner in which he obtained the goods from his master, but said he was induced to steal them at the request of the prisoner, Lecore. Forrester, an officer, and Mr. Mathews, superin tendent, proved that they went to the house of the prisoners, who denied that they had any bristles ; but upon searching the house they found them, and on the officer asking them of whom they had ob tained them ? Lecore said—" Alt ! that's the thing, that you must find out." A great number of persons, of apparent retpecta bilitv, gave the prisoners good characters. The P.T.conorit summed up the evidence, and the Jury, alter retiring for scam time, found the priso ners Guilty. TIIE LATE TURN-OUTS. Indictments have been preferred and found by the Grand Jury against the Committee and ringleaders both of the Journeymen cotton-spinners and weavers. They have all traversed, and, with the exception of one, have elected to be tried at the next Sessions. The one who chose to be no'w tried is named Robinson. M. J. WILLIAMS stated the indictment. It charged that the defendant, and one Bury, with divers other evil-disposed persons, combined in a riotous manner to•deter certain journeymen cotton-spinners, willing to work at the accustomed prices, from going to such work ; and there were other counts, varying the state ment of the offence. Mr. CROSS stated that this prosecution arose from those disorderly and illegal proceedings which would, no doubt, be fresh in the minds of the Jury, as having lately placed in a most distressing and alarm ing state the whole of this great commercial district. About the 16th of June last, a vast number of wicked and evil-disposed persons, not content with the Wages they were then earning, although, as it had been already satisfactorily proved, they were receiving 25, 30, nay, some of them even as high as 50 shillings per week, had entered into a horrid com bination against their masters and their fellow jour neymen. They continued in this state of insubor dination for many weeks, and afforded a practical illustration of their assertion that their wages were inadequate by living upon funds they had accumu lated to support themselves without work. Ile then proceeded to explain the plan of operation adopted by the persons he had described. In the first place a general meeting, as it was termed, was called, which consisted of two men from each mill, these :hose twelve from their own body, v..1t0 were deno minated a Committee, and sat from day to day, and from morning till night, deliberating upon the mea sures calculated to effect their wicked purposes, and upon the orders which should be issued for the go vernment of the trade in general. It was they who had directed those numerous and unlawful proces• sions of thousands of men, women, and children, which had for some time disturbed and agitated this populous town. Amongst other steps was the insti tution of what they called picquets, who were com posed of a number of men appointed for the purpose of regular attendance at the factories, at those yours when the persons who felt disposed to perform their duty to their masters, to themselves and to. their fa milies (and Mr. Cross was happy to say there were many, very many, virtuous enough to do so) were accustomed to go to their work, and by numbets and menaces to intimidate the well-disposed, and', prevent them from pursuing their employment. In these picquets the present defendant had been ac tively concerned, and by chance had been detected and brought to justice.—Mr. Cross could not con clnde without stating, that in the remarks which he had thought it his duty to make, lie would not wish to be understood as applying them to the cotton spinners in general. Got) forbid that he should do any ;hint of the kind. The general body of that nu merous and highly respectable class of men had shown every inclination to conduct themselves with tla utmost propriety, and in the most praiseworthy manner. A TE!frT AT ROTtra:nv AND MV:IDER.-1 person has becal some time in custody, on a charge of wimp ting to lob the house of Mr. Impey, n:ar Be; khamp stead, and murder his sister, an old lady. the only person at home when the attack was made. It ap pears from the investigation which has taken place, that a man entered the house on the 25th of October, knocked her down, and dragged her by the legs from the ground-Boor to the cellar, allowing her head to knock against each step in the descent ; that in the cellar he cruelly beat her, and believing her to be dead, proceeded to plunder the house, but was alar-; in , :d before he accomplished his purpose, and fled. Bishop, one of the Bow-street Officers, who was em ployed to discover the robber, learned that a boy, named Joseph Bunn, had seen a man make his escape from the house about the time the atrocious attempt was made. It required threats to induce the boy to tell the name of this man, but he at last confessed that the person he had seen was the son of a respect able butcher, at a short distance from 13erkharnp stead. Bishop immediately apprehended the person referred to, and on taking him to Mrs. Impey, she identified him, was confident that at the time he was exercising his barbarity towards her, that he WIS a man she knew, though he attempted to disguise him self with his hat, which was a very large one.— Joseph Bunn moved his seeing the prisoner in Mr. Impey's garden, coming from the house, at half-past eleven u cloi.k on the mornirg when the daring at tack was made.—About the sarne time, time pri Aver was met in a lane leading from Mr. Impey's house by a man of' the name of John Cannon, who called to him by Lame, but received no answer.; he was thou walking very quickly. John Cannon called to him a second time, when he answered him, but anparontly in a very reluctant manner, and asked John Cannon whether it was ten o'clock ? Cannon expressed him self surprised at the question, and told him it was above half-past eleven; and observed, that the church bells had finished ringing long, and the people were all in dim-ch.—The prisoner, whose name is Fearrivn, denied the charge, and attempted to prove that he was at another place at the time Mrs. Impey stated the attack to be made: but he failed in accounting for three quarters of an hour. Ile has undergone re peated examinations before the Magistrates, which It is now ascertained that the fire which happened finished on Thursday, when they folly committed him a few weeks ago, in the scribbling-mill of Mr. Jon st for trial, and he was conveyed to Hertford prison by Goon, of Huaslet, was occa , ioned by the waste or Bishop, to take his trial at the ensuing Assizes. refuse wool heating and taking fire. It is important ANOTHER DARING ROBBERS.—On the night o f to mill-owners to be informed of the cause of the Bigrum, the ac- Wednesdaytoll-solace- fortnight, Joshua cident, that they may guard against the accumula tor at the gate at Tokely, on the Dur.mow-road, lead- tion of waste, which is so dangerous to their premises; in to Bishop's Stortford, was hailed, about twenty in all mills this caution is necessary, but especially minutes before twelve o'clock, with the usual call of so where fish-oil is used, or even a mixture of it to persons wanting to pass through the tell-gate. On prepare the wool for scribbling, for it is a well ascer going out, he was violently seized by four. men, die- tamed fact, that fish-oil, either entire or mixed, is guised, who forced him into the toll-house, and haw- much more combustible than the vegetable-oil. ieg plundered it of the money, amounting to between Friday an Inquest was taken at Garsington, on the £4.0 and' £5l, and having ill-treated and tied him fast body o f A nn Whitne y , wife of a labourer at Drayton, in a chair, they made their escape. Lavender having who on the evening preceding was riding on n om g been dispatched in search of the robbers, after due it- gon loaded with leather dust, with a young an quiries, apprehended .1. Nash, W. Damage, G. G,„4.. named Elizabeth Wilkinson, and a boy named John win, and a man of the name of Turner, all inhabi- Lowe, when the axletree broke, and the waggon over tants of Bishop's Stortford. They have been examined turned, and the said Ann Whitney, Elizabeth Wilkin son, and John Lowe, were covered with the leather bet'ore the Rev. Mr. Tooica and Mr. PEPPER, at Dun dust. The driver, Richard Lowe, was enabled soon mow, and are now fully committed to Chelmsford prison for trial. i to extricate Elizabeth Wilkinson and John Lowe, his but it was upwards of an hour before Ann As Mr. John Fisher, of All-Cannings,. was reture ney could be released when she was lotted suffocated. Whit ing from Devizes Fair, on the evening of' Tuez.das , he WAS knocked off his horse, and robbed. i Verdict accordingly. ..... The Manager of Messrs. Ewan and Co.'s mill proved the turn-out ; and that the mill was for many weeks regularly bcsiezed by the picquctc, who con sisted of strangers, and assembled round the mill before five o'clock every morning, at which time the hands came to their work. __ _ A workman in the employ of Messrs. Ewart and Co. stated, that he was going to the mill and saw the picquet assembled, amongst whom was defendant, Robinson. That he heard them threatening a man named Worrall, who, they said, had just got tn, and from the language they used witness was deterred from gcing to his work. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, denied having used any threatening language, and affected complete ignorance of the meaning of the term picquets. The CH AIRMAN (the Rev.W.R. Hay) in his charge to the Jury, said the facts had been clearly proved against the defendant, and established a case of con spiracy at common law without reference to the Com bination Act.--The Jury brought in their Verdict, Guilty of Conspiracy." The Counsel for the Prosecution then stated to the Court, that it was by no means the wish of the pro secutors to have presented this defendant first to their notice. Indictments had been found against the principal offenders, but they had chosen, as they were undoubtedly entitled, to traverse until the next Session, and the prosecutors, therefore, did not desire that any exemplarypunishment should be indicted noon Robinson, but would rather the sentence upon. I.lm should be postponed, until those were brought forward who were the greatest delinquents Upon this intimation, the Court informed the de. fondant he would be liberated on procuring bail to appear when called u p on to receive judgment. Lydia Yeas was convicted for staling a carpi! ; as Mete also W. Onion and J. Blake, fn a shat; R Sullivan, for stealirg a child's dress; Sarah W rd. for stealing a silver cream !till; Mary Taylor, for stealing a sheer. CLERICAL INTELLICENC, CAMBRIDGE, NOVOIBER 6. The Hon. and Rev. Gturge Neville, WI.A, glut len College, was on Wednesday elected Cite -Chat University, for the year ensuing. The Seztonian Prize for an English Poi m Last adjudged to the Rev. A. Ditken, fellow of St. p, The subject is " Deborah." The Hon. Edward Keppel, son of the Earl of admitted of Calla College. OXFORD, XONT.MRPR 6. Tuesday, Mr: Ogle and Mr. Bramston, of C 1 Mr. Barrington, of Oriel Colle-T Mr. Clerk e an d of Brasennose College, Mr. D:edes, of Corpus C and Mr. Gambier, of Merton College, were elect All Soule College. Messrs. Charles IfarMn and Wus. Ilzrei , .g 1 misted Scholars of Wadham Mr. Win. Itotkcrt Crotch has he‘ n admitted College. Tis - ursday, T. Watkin Richards, 15.1. of was elected Fellow of that Society on the Vickill F.CCI..rSTASTICAT, PP07.10T107 llty. Samuel Cuticula Lord, E.A. to tic Vica La , rsham Norfolk. Hey. C. - Ilotaby, to the Rectory of Darr, Lint Tuesday, the Rev. l'Alward to the Rectory of . erecting St. Peter, altos We .t folk, un the presentation of Georzo P.tske,of Xut in the same county, Esq. Wednesday sennight, the Rev. Mr. Coed the pastoral care of the Independent Chapel, S, hi se'nnight. the Ass..wiate LirEirt (; Newburgh gave an unanimous call to Preacher of the CospeL BIRTHS. Thursday, in Nrimpolo-strett, the 1.:017 a I: Leslie Rlziville, of a ion. Tuesday night. at the King's ilead 'fad, C. Lady of Count ItLms•er, the itanoeeriet 11Ilk I le r Ladyship WAS 0:: route from Dn•rr to ti JiAQRIF.ti. 'lrv. G. .1. itanitt, M.A. and Fe!lowa (14rt bridge, to liarriet. secoad diuzintr a tilt Lae Porkits. At Kocknalnn, on the 20th elt. the Rte. r of New Sranie Iforsysaire. to 51anatet, drgg: lientwdy, , ll9:of Kneeknalimr. • • . At Itoch,,ter, the Ikv. S unutl Brnw , Viss Anus, tlatThtyr 01 the lie,. Junts DIED. By a fall from a carriage, the I:ev. 17. B. Caste, near Londonderry.„ At iVreatlingworth, e‘•dfordskire,t'he Rev. NV 'Thursday se'nnight, at the seat of his fAtht:r, Mount rtigeeombe, after a short bet sorer, ill . r. year uf hi. age, the Bight floe. Vincent Valle Churrh. - N% . here an assemblage of talent and e concentrated in one line of practice, a s attend their application, not to be km This has been evinced in the Eu21)11511: Medical Board at Charlotte-House, lilac and at Woodstock-House, Woodstock-str street, where cures are every day perfort which have baffled the skill of eminen and excited their astuni shment,—The have particularly attended to erase conse certain disease, which entails the most hilities, and unhinges the cor..,titntion of They also remove the elects of those syn ing from juvenile indiscretion, from iriti lend from a long residence in warm description they beg particularly to not' I eruptions in the skin, sore throat, pains in limbs, frequently mistaken for rhenmatin fistulas, sotophula, &c.—Messrs. Coop after forty years practice in various 11 consulted at Woodstock-street, Osfotd-1 from eight 62 eight; and at. the Me Charlotte-I louse, Great Charlotte- , treet road, precisely from twelve until eight is —Mechanics, and persons of moderate advice, gratis, if they attend at certain 11( Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday morph o'clock, and from six to eight every rr A side door, and private rooms for Non est vivere std valere vita.—MA " Life is only Life, when blest with 1 THE finest system of Ethics is to c due bounds, and thus to regulate the Puck and insubordinate they impetuously destroy thos Religion and Iforahty have made sacred; to co hilate them appears the lesson of Prudence, In limit their effervescence. Every disorganization of the human frame re dical knowledge to remedy, and the public wr:f. when Profeerional men (disregarding the tea , s vious and iutatsted) devote their studios w ti these complaints generated by imprudence, and the passions at an ueguarded moment. " The St tion consists in the hmelth of tie people; but it i reflect on the daily sacrifice to the igacrance of u cism, and to counteract as flsr as pitiable Its fun offer to suffering humanity, the result of our own, various diseases of Debility. The unwary victim (early acquired at school, before Reason has as over the mind), will, in contemplating his power' susceptible of enlivening sensations, in known complicated state of exhaustion May be roused is Intense study—immoderate anxiety—long Devi climes, and many other causes, will frequently sou SSSS TEM ; in such cams we can hold 014 an animation, by remedies which have long stu - ec hopes of patients of both sexes. That bane to human happiness curs maw treated fearlessly, the improved state of Media divested its antidote of those distressing prope rendered its exhibition uncertain and harassing. our method by observing to patients labouring ui that a few days only are required for the retnov toms; that the most inveterate case will yield within a month, anal that in a person whoonll injured, the disease may be prevented altogether a similar remark applies to many other deranger rative system, as weakness, ulcerations, &c. tip obstinate cases of which are daily removed wi caustic or stimulants. 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